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I do believe you’re describing food fortification, which the US performs liberally: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_fortification#United_States https://en.

by d4mi3n 2y ago

I do believe you’re describing food fortification, which the US performs liberally: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_fortification#United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_fortification#United_St... I’d honestly be curious to see if this study accounted for socio-economic class and overall policy around food enrichment or fortification in the regions the participants lived in. I’d expect multivitamins to have a more noticeable impact in places where food wasn’t enriched.

lwhi 2y ago
Vitamins are naturally present in good non-processed food. Fortification is only required in processed food.
- d4mi3n 2y ago
  Not disputing that, but the line gets blurry when you consider things like golden rice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice) as a method of food fortification. The purpose for golden rice touches on a big consideration for nutritional policy: diets aren't always diverse and don't always include enough sources of nutrition. History is rife with stuff like beriberi or scurvy due to cultural norms or inability to find varied sources of nutrition.