A urinary tract infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection that occurs when bacteria get into the bladder or kidney and multiply in the urine and can affects any part of the urinary tract. Discuss topics including prevention, causes, symptoms and treatments such as when you may need to get antibiotics.
Fortification. A fortified food simply has vitamins, minerals or other nutrients not normally present in the food added to it during processing. For example, milk does not naturally contain vitamin D, but is often fortified with it because vitamin D enhances calcium absorption.Enriching food differs from fortifying.he vitamins eligible for fortification are A, C, D, E, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, B-6, B-12, biotin, pantothenic acid and folate. Other eligible nutrients and minerals are protein, calcium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, iodine, copper and potassium.
What Food Fortification Is. Food fortification is the practice of adding essential vitamins and minerals (e.g. iron, vitamin A, folic acid, iodine) to staple foods to improve their nutritional content. Fortification is a safe, effective way to improve public health that has been used around the world since the 1920s. Commonly fortified foods include staple products such as salt, maize flour, wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil, and rice. Many diets, especially those of the poor, contain insufficient amounts of vitamins and minerals due to lack of variation and / or consumption of predominantly processed foods.