True about citrate in ORS: (A) Cheaper, (B) Nutritious, (C) Increases shelf, (D) Tastier
Answer is C. In WHO ORS, sodium bicarbonate has been replaced by trisodium citrate: –
Makes the product more stable –
Results in less stool output (especially in high-output diarrhoea like cholera) as it increases intestinalabsorption of sodium and water