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Multivitamin and mineral: Bridging the nutritional gaps

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eMediNexus    12 February 2022

  • Modern day people with high stress jobs tend to suffer from health problems related to nutrient deficiency due to poor diet.
  • The typical modern diet mainly consists of processed foods, refines grains, refined sugars and lack fresh fruit and vegetables which correlates with a substantial increase in the numbers of degenerative diseases.
  • This nutritional gap can be mitigated with nutrition intervention
  • Proper nutrition is the key to overall health and wellness and supplements can help ensure that our bodies are nourished properly

Source: Ward E. Addressing nutritional gaps with multivitamin and mineral supplements. Nutrition journal. 2014;13:72.

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  1. Interactive Nutrition Facts Label • [updated March 2020; cited 2022 10-Feb-20]. Available from: https://www.studocu.com/en-ca/document/carleton-university/principles-of-nutrition/vitamins-nutrition-nurtrition/18056549.
  2. Vitamin deficiencies  [cited 2022 10-Feb-22]. Available from: https://www.zuniv.net/physiology/book/chapter20.html.
  3. Rink L, Haase H. Zinc homeostasis and immunity. Trends in Immunology. 2007;28(1):1-4.
  4. Vitamin D  [cited 2022 10-Feb-2022]. Available from: https://www.slideshare.net/dangthanhtuan/vitamin-d-3591912.

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