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Traditional oral iron supplements can help, but they often leave behind unabsorbed iron that irritates the digestive tract and triggers inflammation.

From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2025

Inadequate amounts of elastase and other pancreatic enzymes allow fats and proteins to pass through the small intestine intact and unabsorbed.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

In the 8 October 2020 issue of Nature, Lenert and his colleagues reported a mirror able to reflect nearly 99% of unabsorbed infrared photons back into the heat source.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2022

One is to add an extra layer to a cell's back to reflect unabsorbed light back through it a second time.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2020

The treatment for poisoning by muscarine consists primarily in removing the unabsorbed portion of the mushroom from the alimentary canal and in counteracting the effect of muscarine on the heart.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis