Posted by Larry Hoover on November 6, 2003, at 10:28:32
In reply to Re: Wow, some of the things I read here scare me., posted by MamaB on November 5, 2003, at 10:46:07
> I know that I am going to get flak for this, but this physician says it better thatn I can:
Not flak, but an opposing voice......
I put a challenge up on sci.med.nutrition, open to anyone, to devise a diet that supplies 100% of the RDA of all nutrients, in a total calorie package that was practical. No one was successful, because it can't be done. And that's based on the nutrient database of the USDA.
Just Google the thread "Can you get 100% of the RDA...."
The French government's health department published an article declaring that it was impossible to meet nutritional requirements by diet alone. I can give references, if required.
And, that doesn't even take into account the fact that the RDA is *demonstrably* inadequate, by definition. See:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20031023/msgs/272243.html
> Deficiency of zinc or magnesium is uncommon in the absence of disease, malnutrition, alcoholism or the use of certain prescription medications.
False. Table in the babble link provided.
> The grocery store remains a better source of nutritional products than the drugstore.
Demonstrably false, but that is the current dogma.
Lar
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