OBJECTIVE To review and analyse criteria for vitamin supplementation and fortification in Spain. DESIGN Systematic review of scientific literature and simulation analysis of food fortification. METHODS A simulation analysis using a fortified beverage was performed in a random sample of 2855 children aged 2 to 24 years in Spain. RESULTS High-risk groups for vitamin supplementation and fort...

It is well known that among vitamin B agents those of B1 and B6 possess an inhibitory action of experimentally induced caries in animals but nothing definiteseems still unknown about the actions of B2 and anti-vitamin B6 agents. The present report is concerned with flavin adenine dinucleotide (to be abbreviated as F. A. D.) as B2, pyridoxine, 2-methy1-3-hydroxy-4-formy1-5-hydroxymethylpyridine-...

THE development of a technique for the satisfactory milking of small laboratory animals [Cox & Mueller, 1937; Temple & Kon, 1937] and the recent progress in the chemical and physical estimation of various vitamins have made it possible to measure several of these factors in the milk of rats and of guinea-pigs. We have examined the milks of both species for vitamin A and carotene, vitamin B1, ri...

Restricted dietary intake is common among children with behavioral issues. Here we report a case of a severely autistic child who presented initially with limp but who soon developed cough, tachypnea, hypoxia, and tachycardia. An echocardiogram revealed evidence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) with severely dilated right ventricle and elevated right-sided pressures. The etiology of his PH was un...

In 1953, the authors (1) reported that a decrease of thiamine and vitamin B12 was found in the blood as the result of the energy metabolism of cattle, and that the deficiency of the vitamins was com pletely protected against by a prophylactic injection of the vitamins at the beginning of the experiment. The intimate relation between both vitamins and metabolism was thus recognized for the forma...