Micronutrients (Buxbaum)

enrichment

nutrients are added solely to replace losses during food processing
fortification

extra nutrients are added to the food
supplementation nutrients
- 50-100% RDA
- no difference between natural & synthetic nutrients
provitamin

can be converted into active vitamin
anti-vitamin vitamin antagonist

pharmaceuticals (sulphonamides, methotrexate)

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Micronutrients (Buxbaum)

Description

micronutrients

Updated

2011-10-12T22:30:29Z

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