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  2. Sep 3, 2026
The Body Doesn't Just Absorb a Plant-Based Diet—It Adapts to One, New Review Finds

WASHINGTON, DC — A new peer-reviewed review published in the journal Biology argues that much of the debate over whether plant-based diets deliver enough iron, protein, creatine, and other nutrients rests on a flawed assumption: that eating less of something automatically means the body has less of it available.