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Vitamin supplements

By 2023-10-09T07:10:00

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What’s in them, why we need them and how you can use them to teach titration

In the past, diseases caused by nutritional deficiencies were commonplace because we didn’t understand that getting the right nutrients, including vitamins and minerals, is crucial to our health and well-being. Today, there is a multi-billion-pound industry based on supplements, though some of the claims manufacturers make can be regarded as dubious. Read the article to find out more about some of the most common supplements and whether we really need them. Use this context when teaching medicinal chemistry or organic synthesis and use the associated resource to practice titration and chemical calculations with your 16–18 learners.

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