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That helps, though an issue is bioavailability - vitamin forms are typically harder for the body to process than the forms in food. There can also be other nutr
by hyperpallium2 4y ago
That helps, though an issue is bioavailability - vitamin forms are typically harder for the body to process than the forms in food. There can also be other nutrients required together (e.g. calcium with vitamin D). Finally, I am 100% sure that, despite progress (e.g. fortified bread), we don't yet know all the nutrients, forms, and interactions.
Nutrition science is historically dodgey.
- hyperpallium2 4y agoADD: rickets was common in England in the 17th century due to dietary changes, and it took a while for the cause and solution to be figured out: a legal requirement to fortify some foods with vitamin D. What rising disorders today are caused by dietary changes? Austism? Infertility? You'd think we'd be much quicker at finding a dietary cause today - unless the ones we haven't found yet are harder to find. One of the greatest health problems today has a obvious relationship to calories: obesity. Perhaps simply getting more calaries for the same mass of food is a factor? Or, maybe our feeling of hunger is triggered by a lack of nutrients other than calories? So we eat and eat but are not satisfied.