SOLUBILITY AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN NUTRIENTS:

• MANY SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS OXALATE, PHYTIC ACID, AND PHOSPHATE FORM INSOLUBLE PRECIPITATES WITH OTHER NUTRIENTS.
• MOST NUTRIENTS MUST BE SOLUBLE FOR ABSORPTION. CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM, ZINC, IRON, ALUMINUM, AND BERYLLIUM ARE AMONG THESE.
• ALSO MOST OF THEIR SALTS ARE LESS SOLUBLE IN ALKALINE SOLUTIONS.
• FIBER HAS BEEN IMPLICATED IN REDUCING THE ABSORPTION OF MINERALS AS WELL.

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