Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
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Author: Frances Sizer, Ellie Whitney
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Based on their solubility vitamins are classified into two groups, they are the fat-soluble vitamins and water-soluble vitamins. The nature of solubility of vitamins determines how they are absorbed into and transported around by the bloodstream, whether they can be stored in the body, and how easily they lost from the body.
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