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Milk with
Vitamin A
·
On March 13,
2008
Congress
parliament
member
Sachin Pilot
submitted a
private
member’s
bill to Lok
Sabha to
make it
mandatory
for all
dairy firms
in India to
fortify milk
with Vitamin
A as India
is home to
40 pe of the
world
malnourished
children.
·
Pilot
submitted a
private
member's
bill to the
Lok Sabha
and sought
amendment to
the Prevention
of Food
Adulteration
Act to
include
fortification
of milk with
Vitamin A.
·
Almost 46
percent of
Indian
children
under the
age of three
suffer from
malnutrition,
according to
the survey
by the
health
ministry in
conjunction
with the
United
Nations
Children's
Education
Fund (Unicef).
·
This figure
is worse
than that of
the
sub-Saharan
countries.
·
If 35
percent of
the children
in
sub-Saharan
region
suffer from
malnutrition,
in china the
figure is
only eight
percent.
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Ninety
percent of
the children
get less
than fifty
percent of
Vitamin A
through
food, while
80 percent
of women get
50 percent
of the
vitamin
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When milk is
processed
and the fat
content is
reduced,
Vitamin A
and D are
removed with
fat.
"Therefore,
toned and
double toned
milk are low
in fat and
also low in
vitamin A"
Some inputs
·
A
segment of
nutrients
are called
vitamins
because
their being
crucial for
vitality.
These
nutrients
are
essential to
a productive
life
·
Vitamins,
especially
the B
vitamins,
play an
important
roles in
producing
cellular
energy.
Their effect
is felt
predominantly
in the
energy
producing
process
popularly
known as
Krebs cycle.
·
Vitamins B2
and
B3,
for example,
supply the
major
building
blocks for
substances
called
flavin
adenine
dinucleotide
(FAD and
FADH) and
nicotinamide
adenine
dinucleotide
(NAD and
NADH). These
are critical
elements of
producing
energy in
the Krebs
cycle as
well as a
process
called
oxidative
phosphorylation.
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The
fat-soluble
vitamins
include
vitamins A,
D, E and K.
·
The
water-soluble
vitamins
include
vitamins B1,
B2, B3, B6,
B12 and
Vitamin C as
well as
Folic acid
and Biotin.
·
Vitamin C is
best known
for its
ability to
combat colds
and its
function as
an
antioxidants
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