Research article
Food Alone May Not Provide Sufficient Micronutrients for Preventing Deficiency
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Correspondence: Bill Misner drbill@e-caps.com
Research and Product development, E-Caps & Hammer Nutrition, Whitefish, MT
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2006, 3:51-55 doi:10.1186/1550-2783-3-1-51
Published: 5 June 2006Abstract
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?"