Factors Affecting the Absorption of Vitamins and Minerals

There are many everyday consumer products that produce less absorption of vitamins to ingest them or eliminating them. Good or bad habits, it is useful to consider these reductions because most people are consuming at least one of these products.
Snuff
Consumption of snuff causes an impoverishment of the body in beta-carotene and vitamin C, and produce other problems and diseases of snuff consumption. Smoking a pack of 20 cigarettes per day doubles the daily requirement of vitamin C. There are several problems caused by the consumption of snuff, and those related to food, nutrition and oral health are explained in our health section.
Alcohol
This results in lack of B group vitamins and vitamin C. Alcohol has several effects on food, some positive and some negative, it is important to know.
Coffee and Tea
The high consumption of coffee and / or tea nutritional limits the absorption of vitamins A, folic acid (known as B9) and B12. It also limits the absorption of iron.
Excessive coffee consumption can affect calcium absorption or speeding their elimination.
Medicines
Contraceptives: With vitamins C, folic acid, B6 and B12
Antiepileptic: With vitamins D, K, folic acid and B12
Antibiotics: With vitamin B3 (or PP), B6, folic acid and B12
Antacids: In bile salts and vitamin B12
Laxatives: They impede the absorption of vitamins D and E, and interfere with the synthesis of B12
Vitamins are fragile and difficult items to keep, so care must be taken with vitamins in cooking and conservation.