Nutrients

Vitamins: Thousand edible plants identified as underused source of nutrients

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Comparing 6400 understudied wild plants with the better-known plants they are related to suggests that 1000 of them are rich in the B group of vitamins Health 24 February 2022 By Clare Wilson Durian fruit (Durio kutejensis) DE AGOSTINI PICTURE LIBRARY/Getty Images Wild plants are an overlooked source of vitamins and minerals that could help … Read more

Don’t Drink Milk? A Nutritionist Explains How to Get Calcium And Other Nutrients

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Cow’s milk is an excellent source of calcium which, along with vitamin D, is needed to build strong, dense bones. Milk also contains protein, the minerals phosphorus, potassium, zinc, and iodine, and vitamins A, B2 (riboflavin), and B12 (cobalamin).   As a child I drank a lot of milk. It was delivered in pint bottles … Read more