Why vitamin C is connected with tannin?

Heeyy everybody.. Welcome back to my bloogg. Today I will share something connected (well, a lil bit) with my last post. Can you guess it? YESS it is about vitamin c. Why vitamin c is connected with tannin in tea? Let’s find out here.

So vitamin c, also known as ascorbic acid, in general is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. Free radicals are compounds formed when our bodies convert the food we eat into energy.

So what’s the relation between vitamin c and iron? Before we go to their “relationship”, let’s talk about iron. Iron is found in food in two forms, heme and non-heme iron. Heme iron, which makes up 40 percent of the iron in meat, poultry, and fish, is well absorbed. Non-heme iron, 60 percent of the iron in animal tissue and all the iron in plants (fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts) is less well absorbed.

As we know now that tannin inhibit the absorbtion of iron, vitamin c does the opposite with tannin. Vitamin c helps the absorbtion of non heme iron in our body. But how??

Vitamin C reduces the ferry into the ferrous iron in the small intestine so it is easily absorbed. Non-heme iron absorption increased four -fold when there is vitamin c. So it’s better to have juice and fruit when you  are having your meal instead of tea ;)

Because vitamin c helps non heme iron absorbtion, there’s no reason for vegetarians to suffer for anemia. If you’re a vegan, don’t worry about anemia as long as you consume enough vitamin c and for non vegetarians, vitamin c is great for your immunity and antioxidant aand  of course for vegetarians as well. 

So now you can decide what you should drink or eat before and after your meal. See you again on my next post guys and byee