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Genuine question: so how do we fix nutrient deficiency for vast majority of people world-wide?

It's probably not a feasible solution to require these people eat healthy nutrient-rich foods due to economical and culture and personal choice reasons. Are vitamin supplements a feasible solution?

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This is the reason that many breakfast cereals are fortified with vitamins and minerals.

It actually causes me to select otherwise "lower-grade" cereals than I might otherwise purchase. Fancier/healthier, more "natural", choices are not fortified.

Alternatively, a multivitamin intrinsically yields the same results.

Multivitamins don't seem to benefit people whose diets aren't especially terrible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivitamin (see specifically the 6 citations in the 2nd para)

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