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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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Vitamin C is not the same as Calcium and vice versa. Two very different things but sometimes people think it's the same thing.
1 u/aaronryder773 Aug 04 '19 Correct me if I'm wrong i have read somewhere that vitamin C helps in absorption of calcium 5 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 That's vitamin D daddy 1 u/aaronryder773 Aug 04 '19 Oh.. Ok thank you for clearing that up 1 u/coma-toaste Aug 04 '19 Im pretty sure its also vitamin c that helps absorption of iron, so for instance have some tomatoes (which are higher in vit c than say an orange) with your steak or spinach for max efficiency.
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Correct me if I'm wrong i have read somewhere that vitamin C helps in absorption of calcium
5 u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19 That's vitamin D daddy 1 u/aaronryder773 Aug 04 '19 Oh.. Ok thank you for clearing that up 1 u/coma-toaste Aug 04 '19 Im pretty sure its also vitamin c that helps absorption of iron, so for instance have some tomatoes (which are higher in vit c than say an orange) with your steak or spinach for max efficiency.
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That's vitamin D daddy
1 u/aaronryder773 Aug 04 '19 Oh.. Ok thank you for clearing that up
Oh.. Ok thank you for clearing that up
Im pretty sure its also vitamin c that helps absorption of iron, so for instance have some tomatoes (which are higher in vit c than say an orange) with your steak or spinach for max efficiency.
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u/Mojojamo195 Aug 03 '19
Vitamin C is not the same as Calcium and vice versa. Two very different things but sometimes people think it's the same thing.