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Physiology & Medicine / The Minimum Daily Allowance...
« on: 06/04/2023 19:48:59 »
I've noticed a lot of people on these boards seem to be from the UK. But in the United States, we have what's called the %DV, or percentage Daily Value, of nutrition the average human is supposed to need.
Anyways, no one could possible get that much nutrition just from their food. You'd have to at least eat a bushel full of vegetables, I think. For some time now, I've been taking a multi-vitamin/mineral complex. My doctors used to tell me, oh, you should get enough from your diet. As I said, I know that's just not true.
Anyways, my question is, has anyone ever calculated the minimum amount of nutrition you need every day? %DV is the ideal, recommended daily amount. Because you know, I was thinking. Back in the Middle Ages, the peasants were much more healthy than the aristocracy. Their diet was high in fiber, they ate very little, and they got what we would call, a lot of exercise every day. But they probably got very little in the way of vitamins and mineral. But somehow they survived. And some of them even thrived.
So is there a minimum amount? I think there is. And is the information available, is my next question.
BTW, I also wanted ask. When you get certain minerals in your body, like iron and calcium, for example, doesn't your body hold onto it for some time? I know calcium remains in your bones. And your red corpuscles hold onto most of your iron, don't they? Just females lose a little blood every month. Isn't that correct?
Thank you in advance for your replies.
Anyways, no one could possible get that much nutrition just from their food. You'd have to at least eat a bushel full of vegetables, I think. For some time now, I've been taking a multi-vitamin/mineral complex. My doctors used to tell me, oh, you should get enough from your diet. As I said, I know that's just not true.
Anyways, my question is, has anyone ever calculated the minimum amount of nutrition you need every day? %DV is the ideal, recommended daily amount. Because you know, I was thinking. Back in the Middle Ages, the peasants were much more healthy than the aristocracy. Their diet was high in fiber, they ate very little, and they got what we would call, a lot of exercise every day. But they probably got very little in the way of vitamins and mineral. But somehow they survived. And some of them even thrived.
So is there a minimum amount? I think there is. And is the information available, is my next question.
BTW, I also wanted ask. When you get certain minerals in your body, like iron and calcium, for example, doesn't your body hold onto it for some time? I know calcium remains in your bones. And your red corpuscles hold onto most of your iron, don't they? Just females lose a little blood every month. Isn't that correct?
Thank you in advance for your replies.