Calcium-supplemented goat milk does not interfere with iron absorption in rats with anaemia induced by dietary iron depletion |
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Authors: | Inmaculada López-Aliaga Javier Díaz-CastroTeresa Nestares M José Muñoz AlférezMargarita Sánchez Campos |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physiology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, University of Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain |
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Abstract: | The short-term effects of Ca-supplemented goat or cow milk on the nutritive utilization of Fe were evaluated in a metabolic balance study of rats with nutritional ferropenic anaemia (NFA). Control and Fe-deficient rats were fed for 14 d with goat or cow milk diets containing high-Ca content (10,000 mg/kg diet). The consumption of diets containing high levels of Ca for 14 d had no adverse effects on Fe absorption when the goat milk-based diet was provided, whereas for the cow milk-based diet, there was a significant fall in the apparent digestibility coefficient (ADC) of Fe. Moreover, the ADC and Fe retention/intake ratio (R/I) were higher in the anaemic rats fed the goat milk diet than among those fed the cow milk diet. These results suggest that despite a high dietary Ca content, goat milk minimizes Ca–Fe interactions and has no adverse effects on Fe absorption in rats with NFA. |
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Keywords: | Goat and cow milk Calcium supplementation Anaemia Iron absorption |
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