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Nutrition Midterm - Part 2 of 2!
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7. Vitamins / Introduction to Vitamins / Problem 19
Problem 19

Given two meals: Meal A contains 8,000 µg beta-carotene from cooked sweet potato with 10 g added oil; Meal B contains 500 µg retinol from canned fish, which meal likely supplies more active vitamin A to tissues? Assume beta-carotene bioavailability ~40% with fat and conversion 12:1; retinol bioavailability ~80%. Show reasoning and select best interpretation.