Food fortification and biofortification as potential strategies for prevention of vitamin D deficiency

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Hypovitaminosis D (vitamin D deficiency) is widespread throughout the world. The cutaneous production of vitamin D through sunlight can be limited by several factors (e.g. skin pigmentation, sunscreen usage and, increasingly, indoor lifestyle). Thus, diet has become an important strategy to increase vitamin D intake and status {blood 25‐hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D]}. However, there are a limited number of foods that...

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• Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
• Diet
• Diet and metabolism studies
• DNA Adducts
• Heterocyclic Compounds
• Mutagens
• Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
• Nutritional Studies and Diet

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002774f9-ed8a-568d-85f6-c9f65ec0d443

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10.1111/nbu.12363