Flour fortification with vital vitamins and minefate: Micronutrient deficiencies & the consequenc

摘要

Chronic malnutrition endangers millions of lives throughout the world. A lack of essential vitamins and minerals causes health conditions typically manifesting as impaired energy, stunted growth, damage to the nervous system and heightened susceptibility to infection.Vitamins, minerals and trace elements serve to maintain important bodily functions and act as biocatalysts in almost all of the body's metabolic processes.Vitamins are involved in breaking down and converting carbohydrates, protein, fatand minerals. Minerals control the transmittal of nerve impulses and muscle activity. But although vitamins, minerals and trace elements are so important, the body is unable to synthesize and store them in sufficient quantities. People must therefore rely on their daily food to supply these essential micronutrients.