Can vitamins be replaced with other foods such as minerals?
vitamins being essential dietary component cannot be replaced with minerals or any other nutrient.
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No, vitamins can't be replaced with minerals because both are different things. Vitamins are organic substances and can be broken down by heat, air, or acid, whereas minerals are inorganic elements and hold on to their chemical structure.
Each vitamin and mineral got its own daily requirement. They don't replace each other .
Vitamin cannot replace minerals and vice versa. Vitamins are important for the development of tissues and the differentiation of organs, Minerals such as Fe, Mg, Se, Ca act often as co-factors of proteins and enzymes. The metabolism of some minerals need the presence of vitamins, example Ca and vitamin D…
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