i've been taking a quarter of a 500 mg pill of vitamin c every 6 hours. this is not connected to any meal i'm eating.
if i get some roast beef or pastrami at the deli counter and take one slice of that with the 100 or so mg of c, i'm maximizing heme absorption directly, and isolating it from any specific meal.
it's not going to be a lot, but i'm taking 20 mg of elemental iron as it is and it's not doing anything. so, any bump at all is something. and, i'm ultimately just trying to figure out if it works.