A calorie is not necessarily a calorie: technical choice, nutrient bioaccessibility, and interspecies differences of edible plants

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Michèle M Wollstonecroft et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012.

. 2012 Apr 24;109(17):E991; author reply E992.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.1201050109. Epub 2012 Apr 12.

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