Daily consumption of pro-vitamin A biofortified (yellow) cassava improves serum retinol concentrations in preschool children in Nigeria: a randomized controlled trial.

CONCLUSIONS: Daily consumption of β-carotene from biofortified cassava improved serum retinol and hemoglobin concentrations modestly in Nigerian preschool children. This study was registered with clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02627222.
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Source: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition - November 12, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Afolami I, Mwangi MN, Samuel F, Boy E, Ilona P, Talsma EF, Feskens E, Melse-Boonstra A Tags: Am J Clin Nutr Source Type: research