Paul Saladino· MD
phytic acid is a large molecule that chelates minerals it's found in things like grains and beans and nuts and seeds and will decrease your absorption of Minerals Magnesium selenium zinc generally divalent cations
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
phytic acid is a large molecule that chelates minerals it's found in things like grains and beans and nuts and seeds and will decrease your absorption of Minerals Magnesium selenium zinc generally divalent cations
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only 50 to 60 percent of phytic acid is degraded with cooking and much of it survives and we know that from studies like this one which very clearly illustrate that the absorption of zinc is essentially entirely abrogated when you give zinc with oysters along with something like tortillas and beans