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Vitamins and Minerals: Types, Sources and their Functions

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The aim of this chapter is to summarize key literature findings regarding the role of micronutrients, mainly vitamins and minerals in health and disease. Various studies have investigated the effects of dietary patterns on the nutritional status and have concluded that unhealthy eating increases the risk of malnutrition. The prevalence of malnutrition is higher in low- and middle-income countries as compared to high-income countries. Current literatures highlight a direct association between dietary factors and disease occurrence and that a healthy diet helps in the prevention of a myriad of diseases.

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  1. Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad-Pakistan, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Akram

  2. Department of Biochemistry, Government College University Faisalabad-Pakistan, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Naveed Munir

  3. TCM and Ethnomedicine Innovation & Development International Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China

    Muhammad Daniyal

  4. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli, Anambra, Nigeria

    Chukwuebuka Egbuna

  5. Nutritional Biochemistry and Toxicology Unit, World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence, Centre for Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), University of Port-Harcourt, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

    Chukwuebuka Egbuna

  6. “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania

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  7. Department of Pharmacognosy & Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria

    Peculiar Feenna Onyekere

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Akram, M. et al. (2020). Vitamins and Minerals: Types, Sources and their Functions. In: Egbuna, C., Dable Tupas, G. (eds) Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42319-3_9

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