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From: dsaker@iuvax
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Subject: Re: Life Extension
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Date: Mon, 23-Jul-84 14:10:00 EDT
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Reply to J. Darragh

>    The concept of searching for *optimal* nutrition worries me a bit.
>It assumes that there is such a thing as "*optimal* nutrition"
>and that it is possible to discover it.  

Well, to avoid the question of "optimal nutrition", let's try "better 
nutrition".  What I am trying to get at here is how to be healthy, and how
to stay that way for as long as possible.

>    *Good* nutrition on the other hand can be achieved by concentrating
>on food--NOT nutrients.  A well balanced diet, based on one of the
>many food guides, is all the average healthy person needs.  

How did you arrive at this conclusion?  What research is backing you up?
Why are you so sure that supplementation of nutrients beyond the levels to
be found in a "well-balanced diet" cannot improve health and resistance to 
disease?  I have actually read some of the research journal articles
concerning vitamins C and E, and the case for supplementation looks pretty
good to me.

Daryel Akerlind
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