Question

Absorption of iron from plants food is low than animal sources

Answer 1

beacuse plant take energies from sun(direct source) and animal eat plant then human eat animal.. i.e. nutritional level goes down by 10% in different level of consuming.. like iron present in plant is 1000 then animal take 100 and human 10

Answer 2

Absorption of iron from plants food is low than animal sources:

Absorption of iron from plants food is low than animal sources because the heme iron or rather the animal-based iron is directly compatible to our body and hence can be readily absorbed.

The non-heme based iron is the plant-based iron is not compatible with our body and hence needs to be converted before it is used in the body, for this reason only 20% of the non-heme iron can be absorbed in our body.