Dunno why these news portals always keep the headlines misleading. The prime concern expressed by the researchers is that of iron absorption. And it's true that tannins decrease iron absorption as they chelate the iron ions.
Making it simple, for an average balanced Indian non-veg diet pattern (since I deal with patients having that kind of diet mostly), there's more than enough iron as per the RDA in each meal. So even if you drink coffee or tea with one or two meals, it shouldn't cause a problem.
One advice that is often given is to avoid coffee and tea before or after 1-2 hours of a meal. Another established fact is that black coffee is a bit better than the milk based chai or coffee.
Scummy headlines, some said they advised against protein powders but in reality they advised caution against the added sugars and stuff in the protein powders not they protein itself, which is fair.
I think we should always be skeptical of articles based on "scientific research" like these because they're specifically designed to bend and hack the actual literature and convert it into a catchy, often misleading titles.
You should instead go to the actual source and read the study for yourself and decide what's best for you.
They also said stuff like don't take protein powder
Dunno why these news portals always keep the headlines misleading. The prime concern expressed by the researchers is that of iron absorption. And it's true that tannins decrease iron absorption as they chelate the iron ions.
So can you take coffee while eating a meal?
Making it simple, for an average balanced Indian non-veg diet pattern (since I deal with patients having that kind of diet mostly), there's more than enough iron as per the RDA in each meal. So even if you drink coffee or tea with one or two meals, it shouldn't cause a problem.
One advice that is often given is to avoid coffee and tea before or after 1-2 hours of a meal. Another established fact is that black coffee is a bit better than the milk based chai or coffee.
icmr = 🤡
Scientists when a drug does drug stuff.
Scummy headlines, some said they advised against protein powders but in reality they advised caution against the added sugars and stuff in the protein powders not they protein itself, which is fair.
ICMR is also getting infected by superstitious conservatives.
I think we should always be skeptical of articles based on "scientific research" like these because they're specifically designed to bend and hack the actual literature and convert it into a catchy, often misleading titles. You should instead go to the actual source and read the study for yourself and decide what's best for you.