The Role of Micronutrients in Disease Prevention and Management: A Decade in Review (2015-2025)
Sunday Ekanah Kolawole.
This review examines the evolving understanding of micronutrients in disease prevention and management from 2015 to 2025. Significant advances in nutritional science have elucidated crucial roles for vitamins, minerals, and trace elements in modulating disease risk and progression. Emphasis is placed on recent developments in precision nutrition, nutrigenomics, and micronutrient interactions with the gut microbiome. This review highlights research developments across cardiovascular disease, cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, immune function, and metabolic conditions while addressing emerging clinical applications and public health implications. The past decade has established micronutrients as essential factors in disease pathophysiology, offering promising avenues for intervention beyond simply preventing deficiency disorders.
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