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Fat-soluble vitamins and fat from the intestinal tract travel in blood. fat-soluble vitamins and fat from the intestinal tract travel in blood.

a. True
b. False

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This is false because Rather than traveling of fat-soluble vitamins into the bloodstream like most water-soluble vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins enter to the blood via lymph channels in the intestinal wall. Many fat-soluble vitamins travel through the body only by proteins that act as carriers.

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