supplementation
Filling nutritional gaps
Supplementation is the act of adding something to make up for a deficiency or enhance what already exists.
The term appears most often in health contexts—dietary supplementation with vitamins or minerals: Calcium supplementation is recommended for women over fifty.
It also applies to income, resources, or any quantity being topped up: wage supplementation, supplementation of the water supply.
Essential organic nutrients
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- probioticsLive microorganisms aiding digestion
- omega-3Polyunsaturated dietary fat
- multivitaminCombined nutrient supplement
calcium · iron · zinc · magnesium · fiber · antioxidants · electrolytes · amino acids
Act of adding more
- extensionAdded part or duration
- enhancementIncrease in quality
- incrementUnit of increase
- expansionIncrease in scope
inclusion · integration · reinforcement · fortification · enrichment · boosting · amplification · bolstering
Red cell deficiency
- scurvyVitamin C deficiency disease
- ricketsNutritional bone-weakening illness
- beriberiVitamin B1 deficiency disease
- pellagraNiacin-lack illness
goiter · osteoporosis · malnutrition · depletion · insufficiency · undernourishment · correction · prevention
Support given freely
- assistanceSupport or aid given
- backingAid or sponsorship
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
grants · contribution · relief · welfare · food stamps · WIC · school meals · fortified foods
Payment for work
- earningsMoney gained from work
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- stipendFixed regular payment
- allowanceFixed periodic payment
pension · side hustle · freelance · gig work · part-time · moonlighting · disability · social security
vitamins
Essential organic nutrients
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- probioticsLive microorganisms aiding digestion
- omega-3Polyunsaturated dietary fat
multivitamin · calcium · iron · zinc · magnesium · fiber · antioxidants · electrolytes · amino acids · folic acid
augmentation
Act of adding more
- extensionAdded part or duration
- enhancementIncrease in quality
- incrementUnit of increase
expansion · inclusion · integration · reinforcement · fortification · enrichment · boosting · amplification · bolstering · complementing
anemia
Red cell deficiency
- scurvyVitamin C deficiency disease
- ricketsNutritional bone-weakening illness
- beriberiVitamin B1 deficiency disease
pellagra · goiter · osteoporosis · malnutrition · depletion · insufficiency · undernourishment · correction · prevention · therapy
aid
Support given freely
- assistanceSupport or aid given
- backingAid or sponsorship
- subsidyFinancial assistance from government
funding · grants · contribution · relief · welfare · food stamps · WIC · school meals · fortified foods · humanitarian
wages
Payment for work
allowance · pension · side hustle · freelance · gig work · part-time · moonlighting · disability · social security
- nutrition termscalorie, high protein, balance, low-fat, low fat
- wildlife conservationhabitat protection, game warden, species protection, wildlife officer, wildlife refuges
- nutrition sciencedietetics, macronutrients, micronutrients, nutrient absorption, nutrient deficiency
- nutritionnutrients, protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins
- partspart, piece, section, segment, portion
- vitaminsvitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin C
supplementationsubtraction
Removing quantities mathematically
removal · deduction · reduction · depletion · diminution
supplementationreplacement
What takes another's place
substitution · displacement · supplantation · supersession · exchange
supplementationexclusion
Being barred from participation
omission · withholding · deprivation · deletion · restriction
- vitamin supplementationIngesting additional essential nutrients
supplement, supplements, supplementary, supplemented, supplementing, dietary supplement, health supplement, herbal supplement, protein supplement