India, Sept. 4 -- Iron is an important micronutrient that should be part of our regular diet, especially for women, who are significantly more likely to be deficient in it. On the other hand, coffee is a regular part of many of our lives, without which people often have difficulty shouldering the burden of busy workdays.

However, the intake of one should be timed with the other to ensure that they are significantly apart in the day. Taking to Instagram on August 3, Dr Kunal Sood, a US-based physician in anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine, explained why that is so.

"Taking an iron supplement does not mean your body absorbs the entire dose," he noted. "What you eat and drink around it can significantly change how much iron ac...