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Seniors may benefit from ‘nutritional insurance’ provided by daily multivitamin dose
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Seniors may benefit from ‘nutritional insurance’ provided by daily multivitamin dose
Sunday 1 December 2019, 01:00 AM
Fresh produce price hikes, badly fitting dentures and reduced appetite can all contribute to older adults missing out on essential nutrients. Complementary medicines expert Shaun Holt suggests what nutrients our older folk may consider adding back in, by way of a daily multivitamin
Try as we might, it can be hard to get all the nutrients we need, including vitamins, from our diets.
Contributing to the problem is that even if a
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