It means that we supplement our diets with all sorts of things to fix perceived deficits in this mineral, in this vitamin, in this thing that somebody tells us is good for us.

也就是说,我们只要听说哪些是有益的,就用各种各样的东西来进补,这种矿物质,那种维生素,诸如此类

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How much Vitamin A should they have?

他们应该摄入多少维生素A

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Now the fact that people were so reliant on certain foods led to deficiencies of certain nutrients, so people that were dependent on a rice based diet tended to have problems with deficiencies in protein, Vitamin A, and thiamine.

人们过于依赖某些特定的食物,导致了某些营养元素的匮乏,因此,以米饭为主食的人,很可能缺少蛋白质,维生素A和维生素B1

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