The Recommended Daily Allowance (U.S. RDA), established by the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) of the United States of America, has been promoted as the amount of vitamins and minerals a normal person needs to ingest each day. Recent research indicates that these recommended quantities of dietary nutrients may not be an adequate guide to nutrition. Unfortunately, the U.S. RDAÆs were not determined by scientific studies (to find out how much we should get), but instead were based on the amounts of these nutrients already present in the typical American diet, without regard to determining the amount actually needed. The FDAÆs claim that all our nutritional needs (as based upon the U.S. RDAÆs) can be filled with a good, balanced diet, may not be valid for many people since our individual nutritional needs may vary drastically from that indicated by the U.S. RDA. Add to that the fact that many individuals smoke, drink a great deal of alcohol, and eat too many refined junk foods where these nutrients are not found, it may be impossible for these individuals to receive proper nutrition. For these people, the FDAÆs claim may result in possible clinical and/or subclinical deficiency conditions.
The FDA states that, ô...the U.S. RDAÆs are the amount of proteins, vitamins, and
minerals people need each day to stay healthy.ö These allowances, as set by the Food and Drug Administration, are claimed to provide a considerable margin of safety for most people, regarding minimum body needs for most nutrients. The FDA booklet Myths of Vitamins, states that ôFoods can and do supply most Americans with adequate nutrients.ö
In addition to the vitamins and minerals that have received a U.S. RDA recommendation, there are many other vitamins and minerals that scientific investigation suggests may be necessary to support proper nutrition. Even though such opinion is not unanimously accepted by all scientific investigators it appears that the following nutrients in a colloidal form may prove to be vital in maintaining good health:
BIOFLAVINOIDS INOSITOL BIOTIN MOLYBDENUM
CHLORIDE PANGAMIC ACID CHLORINE CHROMIUM
RUTIN SELENIUM FLUORINE COBALT-SULPHUR
HESPERIDIN PARA AMINO BENZOIC ACID SULPHUR
It should be understood that all statements made herein regarding the above listed
nutrients, as they relate to human nutrition, are made with the qualification that they havenot been established as essential in human nutrition and that there are vast differences of opinion as to their value in human health.
We recognize that the optimum way of obtaining all essential nutrients for good health is through the food we eat. Great emphasis should be placed upon eating a balanced diet of the proper type foods and avoidance of those foods which are not conducive to good health. For this reason we strongly suggest that individuals consume more fresh vegetables, seeds, sprouts, legumeÆs, and some grains while <B>decreasing</B> consumption of meat, dairy products, fats and oils, salt, sugar (including high sugar fruits, honey, and maple syrup), alcohol, and caffeine. However, we also recognize that due to the lifestyle choices made by many of us, or which may be imposed upon us by circumstances surrounding us, that as a practical matter eating a properly balanced diet at every meal is impossible. Therefore, vitamin and mineral
supplementation is essential from a pragmatic perspective.
