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Tips to absorb your nutrients

To live, your body relies on at least 40 nutrients found in food. As you digest food, it is broken down into nutrients which are absorbed into your bloodstream and carried to all the cells in your body.

A healthy diet is important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Eating the right foods and taking supplemental nutrients may not make you healthier if the nutrients aren't being absorbed. Different nutrients need different conditions to be properly absorbed.

Look at the list below for methods to help you absorb all your nutrients.

What you want to Absorb	This helps absorption
Amino Acids	Take on an empty stomach
Iron	Eat a little meat
Iron	Don't drink coffee at the same time
Iron	Vitamin C
Calcium	Vitamin D
Vitamins A, E, K and lycopene	Fat
Carotenoides	Cook your food
Vitamins in Cereal	Drink the milk at the bottom of the bowl
Chromium	Avoid Antacids
Calcium	Do not take with iron supplements
Vitamin D	Get 15 minutes of sunlight
Multivitamins	Don't store them in the bathroom
B vitamins	Avoid Alcohol
B vitamins	Don't rinse cooked pasta

For more information on how to incorporate the nutrients that you need into your diet, click on the specific vitamin or mineral located on the left column of this page.

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