Re: Supplementation and CRON / healthy centenarians

[Guest guest]

Francesca,

Although many vitamins don't seem to do much, it seems that vitamin D

is an exception. Because we spend most of our time indoors and lather

on sunblock lotions when we go out in the sun to avoid skin cancer, we

are very depleted in vitamin D. The following article has a figure

that shows that 2000 IU per day of Vitamin D virtually wipes out the

incidence of cold/influenza symptoms.

Use of vitmain D in clinical practice

http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/.fulltext/13/1/6.pdf

I looked at Jeff's post which you referenced. He indicated that

Okinawans " in spite of their nutrient dense diet, they were short on

several nutrients. " One of which was (Vitamin D at 2% RDA). However,

from the films that I have seen, traditional Okinawans spent a lot of

time outdoors either fishing or cultivating the land. So they got

their vitamin D from sun exposure.

I think that Rodney, living in Canada where the sun is dimmer, is

doing the right thing by supplementing vitamin D.

Tony

>

> Just today on the US National news (NBC) they reported that vitamins do

> zilch for one¹s health. They specifically reported E, C, and

selenium that

> were tested. But previously others have been tested in studies and

found

> not to affect one¹s chances of illness.

>

> They also said that eating a healthy diet is the best way to stay

healthy.

>

> Just a word on folic acid ­ if one is a CRON follower that means

plenty of

> folic acid in your diet already via greens.

>

> I am reminded of Jeff¹s post a while back about centenarians who

were not

> only old but healthy and vital. Some were found to have vitamin

> deficiencies. Moral: this may not be an important issue for living

a long,

> healthy life. Since I read this I don¹t concern myself with this

anymore.

> Here is Jeff¹s post:

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