{"id":529440,"date":"2026-04-14T00:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529440\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T00:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T00:37:13","slug":"pairing-these-foods-can-boost-their-health-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/529440\/","title":{"rendered":"Pairing these foods can boost their health benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is because non-heme iron is usually in an insoluble form, so it needs to be converted to a soluble form \u201cand then go through the intestinal wall where it has to compete with other nutrients,\u201d Donelan explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fortunately, research shows vitamin C<\/a> enables non-heme iron to change forms and thus dissolve easier.<\/p>\n

To get the most bang for your buck, squeeze some lemon juice over saut\u00e9ed Brussels sprouts, or fix a spinach salad with strawberries, oranges, or bell peppers. Putting plant-based iron and meat-based iron on the same plate may also increase your intake, research finds; try Tuscan fish with white beans for dinner.<\/p>\n

Curcurmin and piperine<\/p>\n

Polyphenols, a subclass of phytochemicals, also garner interest among nutritionists for their antioxidant properties. Turmeric contains one polyphenol whose benefits know no bounds: Its main active ingredient is curcumin, which is anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and neuroprotective.<\/p>\n

But curcumin doesn\u2019t hang around long in the body when we eat it. \u201cWhen the body takes up curcumin, it gets metabolized very fast,\u201d Zingg explains. As a result, less curcumin is absorbed in the bloodstream.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is because non-heme iron is usually in an insoluble form, so it needs to be converted to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[183404,183402,139657,102,183403,6636,183405,36008,56,54,55,183407,183406],"class_list":{"0":"post-529440","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-carotenoids","9":"tag-food-benefits","10":"tag-food-pairings","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-health-benefits-of-certain-foods","13":"tag-nutrition","14":"tag-phytochemicals","15":"tag-superfoods","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom","19":"tag-what-are-carotenoids","20":"tag-what-are-phytochemicals"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}