Food Alone May Not Provide Sufficient Micronutrients for Preventing Deficiency
<p>Abstract</p> <p>The American Dietetic Association (ADA) has stated that the best nutritional strategy for promoting optimal health and reducing the risk of chronic disease is to wisely choose a wide variety of foods. Seventy diets were computer analyzed from the menu of athletes...
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doaj-5fee0682cc00489a9fe935c35b88c6242020-11-24T22:20:06ZengBMCJournal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition1550-27832006-06-0131515510.1186/1550-2783-3-1-51Food Alone May Not Provide Sufficient Micronutrients for Preventing DeficiencyMisner Bill<p>Abstract</p> <p>The American Dietetic Association (ADA) has stated that the best nutritional strategy for promoting optimal health and reducing the risk of chronic disease is to wisely choose a wide variety of foods. Seventy diets were computer analyzed from the menu of athletes or sedentary subjects seeking to improve the quality of micronutrient intake from food choices. All of these dietary analyses fell short of the recommended 100% RDA micronutrient level from food alone. Therefore, based on diets analyzed for adequacy or inadequacy of macronutrients and micronutrients, a challenging question is proposed: "Does food selection alone provide 100% of the former RDA or newer RDI micronutrient recommended daily requirement?"</p> http://www.jissn.com/content/3/1/51nutritionRDARDImicronutrients |
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Food Alone May Not Provide Sufficient Micronutrients for Preventing Deficiency |
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Food Alone May Not Provide Sufficient Micronutrients for Preventing Deficiency |
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Food Alone May Not Provide Sufficient Micronutrients for Preventing Deficiency |
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food alone may not provide sufficient micronutrients for preventing deficiency |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>The American Dietetic Association (ADA) has stated that the best nutritional strategy for promoting optimal health and reducing the risk of chronic disease is to wisely choose a wide variety of foods. Seventy diets were computer analyzed from the menu of athletes or sedentary subjects seeking to improve the quality of micronutrient intake from food choices. All of these dietary analyses fell short of the recommended 100% RDA micronutrient level from food alone. Therefore, based on diets analyzed for adequacy or inadequacy of macronutrients and micronutrients, a challenging question is proposed: "Does food selection alone provide 100% of the former RDA or newer RDI micronutrient recommended daily requirement?"</p> |
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