RDAs and ODAs

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone;

I'm easing into a CR diet, with the recommended tests, etc. I've studied Beyond

120 Years and Walford's other books to pin down exactly what I'm supposed to do.

Here's my question: In his earlier books, Walford seems to recommend getting the

nutrients (vitamins, minerals, fiber, amino acides) as high as possible (this

doesn't seem to apply to protein or carbohydrates).

However, in Beyond 120 Years, he doesn't seem to recommend that approach

anymore, and recommends merely the RDAs or, sometimes, a higher amount--but not

the highest possible amount.

Somewhere in that book he said something about not wanting the body to take in

more minerals (for example) than it needs, lest the body metabolize nutrients it

really doesn't need, and thereby produce unnecessary oxidants and the like.

Any comments on this apparent change of recommendation? What practice do the

rest of you follow on this point?

Thanks --

[Guest guest]

wrote:

> Here's my question: In his earlier books, Walford seems to recommend getting

> the nutrients (vitamins, minerals, fiber, amino acides) as high as possible

> (this doesn't seem to apply to protein or carbohydrates).

>

> However, in Beyond 120 Years, he doesn't seem to recommend that approach

> anymore, and recommends merely the RDAs or, sometimes, a higher amount--but

> not the highest possible amount.

Hi : It's unfortunate that our information on optimal amts of nutrients

is incomplete. It was just a few years ago that the recommedation of not

overdosing on Vit A came out, for example.

To be safe, I have stopped taking " extra " vitamins. Now my supplementation

is only: some fish oil (on days when I don't eat fish), selenium now and

then (only because I'm allergic to the natural source- Brazil nuts),

alpha-lipoic acid and L-carnitine (the youth -promoting compounds recently

discovered).

However I do eat Total cereal almost every am which contains 100% of the

MDA's.

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