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The vitamin B12 content of meals and items of diet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2007

J. F. Adams
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
Fiona Mcewan
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
Alison Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
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Abstract

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1. The vitamin B12 content of items of diet and of meals was measured after they had been prepared for consumption.

2. There was poor agreement between the vitamin B12 contents of meals estimated by measurements on meal homogenates and the contents estimated by calculations involving the weights and vitamin B12 contents of items.

3. The average amount of vitamin B12 absorbed per d from a hospital diet was found to be 1.7 μg.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1973

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