Fri, Sep-10-04, 14:54
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Plan: Generic LC with tweaks
Stats: 204/178/165
BF:
Progress: 67%
Location: NC
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N = 1, is the problem
Whether or not the RDA is useful or meaningful is more a philosophical arguement than factual. Plenty of people with interests on both sides. For today, I do NOT believe the RDA is enough of almost anything, and also for today, my experiments with not taking supplements seem to prove my point.
When I'm not taking major vitamin C, I bruise very easily and this is unacceptable to me. When I don't take the Omega 3 oils, my fingers split at the ends, also nasty, and I assume that if I'm not repairing skin, I'm not repairing nerve tissue either. When I don't take manganese, my back hurts more, and when I take silica, my fingernails are stronger and don't split.
YMMV.
The real problem is that many of the conditions take 20 years to show up. I look at the old ladies around me in this little backwoods town and I don't want to be where there are, when I'm that age. And they've been eating a "balanced diet" for 80 years. Minimal junk food there. But their health is a long way from ideal, IMO.
It's hard to do a real double-blind study when you only have one rat.
Last edited by cs_carver : Fri, Sep-10-04 at 14:55.
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