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Those breakfast foods are fortified for a reason

Those breakfast foods are fortified for a reason

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Adults who skip morning meal miss out on nutrients, study finds

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Vitamin Supplementation Benefits are Real

Vitamin Supplementation Benefits are Real

Perhaps the only advantage of getting old is being able to look back and see what worked and what didn't. Knowledge of severe vitamin deficiency diseases is an example of learning the hard way. The association of vitamin B1 (thiamine) with beriberi was perhaps the first example of the consequences of refining a food. Milling away the unattractive outer husk of the rice that contained the thiamine caused the disease. No drug could substitute for that missing, essential, "vital amine." That's how "vitamins" first got their name.
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