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Old 11-08-2007, 12:06 PM
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Lightbulb Reader's Digest?

This is the typical middle of the road type article with a little here and then a little in the opposite direction.

The constant Vit E study analysis is totally off base. The Linus Pauling
institute explains why. Anyone can read over there.

It has long been accepted by many who are in the nutrition fields that our RDAs are outdated. I always think the drug companies would love to have control of everyone's health...rather than letting people take care of themselves.

For a general healthy reader, that article is adequate. For anyone with issues, deteriorating health, it is misleading. It does not address malabsorption from disease like Crohn's or Celiac/Gluten intolerance. It does not mention that many drugs remove nutrients from your body, so you can't use them. It did not mention hidden genetic errors of metabolism..such as the 25 known folate methylation errors, or the failure of pyridoxal kinase in the liver to activate B6.
As the genome is becoming understood, it is obvious that not all people share the same ability to use nutrients found in food. I could go on and on. But you get my point.
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