#make sure to include meat and milk/yogurt in your diet and you'll be fine

[muslimintp-1999-girl]

I love black tea it's my comfort everyday beverage, but people keep telling me it causes anemia and it prevents body from absorbing calcium. I think the anemia part is true but what about Calcium?

Foods have things called anti nutrients which bind themselves with certain minerals and prevent them from being absorbed in the body. In the case of tea, these anti nutrients are tannins but honestly it's not in a big amount or don't bind enough iron that will cause anemia. I don't remember the exact amount but basically the effect/amount or iron they bind is very neglible. Tannins also bind calcium. Phytic acid (phytates) are another group of antinutrients.

(Grains, beans, lentils, kidney beans etc also have these anti nutrients (phytates) and that's why we soak them and drain out that water before cooking. So do leafy vegetables (oxalates and phytates.) So the key is to find ways to cook food which removes/reduces the effect of antinutrients (but like they also have some health benefits so they aren't entirely bad. Tannins are antioxidants).