Food & Nutrition: Culinary Techniques, Diets & Metabolic Health

Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.

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Side Effects of Vitamin D Tablets

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is important for good bone health because it helps in the absorption of calcium. Too little vitamin D results in bone weakening; in children this is called rickets and in adults, osteomalacia. Supplements are a good way to obtain the recommended amounts of vitamin D.

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Sodium Citrate's Side Effects

Sodium citrate is used to treat a condition called metabolic acidosis. In metabolic acidosis, the acidity of the blood, urine and other bodily fluids becomes too high; it occurs when the kidney is excreting too little acid, or the body is producing too much acid.

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