On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Don Wiss wrote:
> At 11:47 PM 7/14/2002 -0400, Todd Moody wrote:
>
> >Although some fat is necessary for calcium absorption, too much
> >fat inhibits it, by forming soaps with the calcium. This makes
> >fat itself an antinutrient, at high enough levels.
>
> Do you have some reference for this? How high?
Check item 3 at
http://nutrition.hhdev.psu.edu/courses/nutr251/nutr251www/macro/maccadep.html
Unfortunately I don't know how to estimate the amounts. The
point is only that fat, like phytic acid, acts as an antinutrient
under some conditions.
My original source was not a text but a biologist that I work
with.
Todd Moody
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