Reducing Agents Increase the Bioavailability of Nonheme Iron by _____

question 11

Multiple Choice

Reducing agents increase the bioavailability of nonheme iron by _____

• A)storing iron in the enterocyte until the body needs more iron
• B)binding ferrous iron to ferric iron
• C)making possible the transport of nonheme iron across intestinal membranes
• D)preventing hemochromatosis

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Excludable

A characteristic of a good whereby it is possible to prevent people from enjoying the good unless they have paid for it.

Club Goods

Goods that are excludable but non-rivalrous, where one person's use of the good does not reduce the availability to others but access can be restricted.

Public Goods

Products that cannot be withheld from anyone and whose consumption by one individual doesn't reduce availability for others.

Wild Salmon

A type of salmon that is born and spends its life in natural bodies of water, as opposed to being raised in captivity or fish farms.