> Kim I hear you about the coffee habit.  It is very hard for me to give
> up.  I also drink a lot of tea,  both green and regular decaff.   My Dr
> told me too much tea can rob your body of iron.  Do I need to worry about
> this on the paleo and all the meat and organ meats we eat?
>
> Trish

Absorption of non-heme iron (the kind found in plant foods--e.g., spinach,
nuts) may be inhibited by excessive tea drinking. Absorption of heme iron,
the kind found  in red meat, is not similarly affected.

Troy G.