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vitamin

vahy tuh muhn

  • n  any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism

  • A new report shows that people who take a daily dose of the vitamin are less likely to die from any cause.
  • Could vitamin B12 help clinically depressed patients beat their blues? A Finnish study monitored levels of the vitamin (found in meat, milk, eggs and fortified cereals) and found .
  • Supplementing infants' diets with vitamin D may cut their risk of developing type 1 diabetes in later life.
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  • Gwyneth Paltrow in Telegraph.co.uk
    In Goop, her internet newsletter, she wrote: "My doctors tested my vitamin D levels, which turned out to be the lowest thing they had ever seen (not a good thing)."
  • Rafael Palmeiro in Seattle Post Intelligencer
    Although I do not know how this substance came into my body, it is possible that a shot of vitamin B-12 I took sometime in April might have been the cause,Palmeiro said.
  • Manmohan Singh in Daily News & Analysis
    Recent data also indicate encouraging improvements in many of the basic health interventions, such as early and exclusive breast feeding, measles immunization, vitamin A supplementation, the use of insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria, and... Ann M Veneman http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Veneman&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGvjJndT5aCViNxPxuQEI0oS_Qwxg MiamiHerald.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/684478.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFk9rkh0pdWhvnt4o-ARWJOjbJcWw Sep 12, 2008 108244 142033 vitiate Singh, the first Sikh to ascend to the post of the prime minister of India, said: by constantly reminding of the 1984 riots, sometimes you unwittingly vitiate the creative thinking of the Sikh community".

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