Doctor Elena Ostrovskaya warns that the combination of certain vitamins and minerals can be harmful to health. For example, calcium with iron or magnesium, as well as vitamin C with iron, can be poorly absorbed and can lead to various illnesses. If you take calcium and iron at the same time, this can lead to a deficiency of iron in the body, which can cause iron-deficiency anemia. This can lead to rapid or irregular heartbeats and an enlarged heart.
If you need to take calcium and iron, it is recommended to take them at different times of the day, for example in the morning and evening. It is also important to remember that calcium affects the absorption of magnesium, so it is not recommended to take them together in order to not increase the risk of various diseases.
In addition, the doctor does not recommend combining vitamin C with iron, as vitamin C improves the absorption of iron, which can be harmful to the health of people with excess iron in the body, such as hemochromatosis and other diseases.
