Nutrition & You (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780134385488
Author: Blake
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7, Problem 4TF
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To examine: Whether the statement, “Too much vitamin E can interfere with blood clotting”, is true or false.
Introduction: Vitamin E is the fat-soluble vitamin mainly found in foods such as vegetable oils, meat, eggs, poultry, fruits, and vegetables. The synthetic form of vitamin E is mostly found in different dietary supplements, which has only 50 percent of the active form of natural vitamin E.
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