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I heard a report on a National Public Radio (NPR) recently that brought
some questions to mind.  The segment was on golden rice, a genetically
altered rice that is iron enriched while growing.  According to the
segment, rice normally does not contain iron due to a gene that prevents
iron absorption during the rice plants growth.  The segment further
implied that peoples on rice based diets were lacking in iron.

My questions are related to iron absorption in a diet based in
traditional rice.  Would a diet based in rice or rice products prevent
iron absorption by the body?  Does consuming rice prevent absorption of
iron in other foods or iron supplements by the body as indicated in the
NPR segment?  What are the implications of this for the celiac
community?

Wondering in Tennessee, USA,

John