iron / vegetarian athletes

Because they have completely different metabolism. I know no human
eating diet of grass 🙂

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I have a question. Iron uptake is supposed to be a
problem for

vegetarian

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athletes, cause of the non-heme iron and many phyto
chemicals blocking

iron

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uptake.

Howcome that animals with vegetarian diets and huge
aerobic power,

like

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horses, seem to have no problems?

Fred S. Netherlands

Funny answer, but I was hoping for a more specific answer.
What is so different in their metabolism that they can
absorb enough iron?

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Because they have completely different metabolism. I know
no human eating diet of grass 🙂

Quoted message said:

I have a question. Iron uptake is supposed to be a
problem for

vegetarian

Quoted message said:

athletes, cause of the non-heme iron and many phyto
chemicals blocking

iron

Quoted message said:

uptake.

Howcome that animals with vegetarian diets and huge
aerobic power,

like

Quoted message said:

horses, seem to have no problems?

Fred S. Netherlands

Hi Fred,

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Quoted message said:

I have a question. Iron uptake is supposed to be a problem
for vegetarian athletes, cause of the non-heme iron and
many phyto chemicals blocking

iron

Quoted message said:

uptake.

Howcome that animals with vegetarian diets and huge
aerobic power, like horses, seem to have no problems?

Fred S. Netherlands

I know this guy is a chef/cook, but he seems to have a clue
and has some links that provide further info:

kurma.net34.htmlOpen ↗

From another page on his site:

Heres some well-known vegetarian athletes:

Carl Lewis , "Olympian of the Century," Olympic medalist in
track Ruth Heidrich , Ironman triathlete, age-group record
holder Martina Navratilova , tennis champion Desmond Howard
, Heisman trophy winner Stan Price , world-record holder in
bench press Bill Walton , NBA Hall of Famer Phoebe Mills ,
Olympic medal-winning gymnast Billie Jean King , tennis
champion Bill Manetti , powerlifting champion Bill Pearl ,
four-time Mr. Universe and bodybuilder Al Oerter , discus
thrower and winner of four Olympic gold medals Keith Holmes
, WBC World Middleweight Champion Robert Parish , one of the
NBA's "50 Greatest Players" Jack LaLanne , fitness legend
and media star Edwin Moses , two-time Olympic Gold medalist
in hurdles

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Quoted message said:

I have a question. Iron uptake is supposed to be a problem
for vegetarian athletes, cause of the non-heme iron and
many phyto chemicals blocking iron uptake.

Howcome that animals with vegetarian diets and huge
aerobic power, like horses, seem to have no problems?

Because humans are not vegetarians/herbivores like a
horse or other livestock. Our digestive systems are
completely different. For one thing we dont have
multiple stomachs or extremely long intestines that are
designed for digesting large amounts of plants and
cellulose. Here is pretty good article that explaines
the difference between herbivore and carnivore
digestive systems and also that of humans in detail.

second-opinions.co.ukcarn herb comparison.htmlOpen ↗