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Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
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ISBN: 9781305886865
Author: Sizer, Frances , WHITNEY, Ellie
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 7, Problem 4SC
Summary Introduction
Introduction:
Vitamins are essential, non-caloric nutrients that are needed in tiny amounts in the diet and help to drive cellular processes. There are two categories of vitamins namely, the fat-soluble and water-soluble. Solubility confers many of their characteristics on vitamins.
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