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How much fat is needed to absorb fat soluble vitamins?
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None: You actually don't need to eat fat in order to absorb fat soluble vitamins. Mostly, you need to be able to produce bile from your liver, and pancreatic juice from your pancreas. If you have no issues with liver and pancreas, you will be able to absorb fat soluble vitamins (vitamin A,D,E,K) just fine
Answered 2/4/2015
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