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Zinc Absorption Is Not Related to Dietary Phytate Intake in Infants and Young Children Based on Modeling Combined Data from Multiple Studies

The Journal of Nutrition, 2015 · Meta-analysis

Pooling stable-isotope data from young children, dietary phytate had no detectable effect on zinc absorption, questioning phytate-to-zinc ratios as a guide to bioavailability.

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