Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
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Author: Sizer, Frances , WHITNEY, Ellie
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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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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Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
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