Synergism between Iron and Magnesium in Enteral Feeding Formulation Optimized for the Availability of Minerals by Response Surface Methodology

Enteral feeding is the nutrition therapy usually to substitute the traditional diet for those patients who need to be fed by probe. This work's aim was to study the effect of the components: fiber, calcium and medium-chain triglycerides in iron and magnesium availability for seeking optimize a formulation by two minerals. The analysis of multiple variables was usage and when the level curve was obtained it could be verified of the three nutrients together was the one that presented more synergism for the appraised formulation for iron and magnesium.