Supplement × Supplement·timing-sensitive·Emerging evidence
Fiber and oligosaccharides may reduce predictable iron supplement absorption when taken together.
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What is happening. Fiber and oligosaccharides may reduce predictable iron supplement absorption when taken together.
Mechanism. Altered transit and fiber matrix can reduce immediate mineral absorption reliability.
Recommendation. Separate iron supplements from GOS by at least 2 hours when correcting deficiency.
Space the doses apart by at least this window to avoid the conflict.
Effect on the composite score
If both Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) and Iron are in the same stack, this pair applies −5 to your Stack Score (per scored timing-sensitive row).
The full algorithm, the clamping rules, and four worked stacks are at /methodology/stack-score.
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