RDA Vitamins & Minerals

[Cookie]

We all see the RDA for vits & mins on the supplements we use & we have all heard the guy(s) in the gym & net saying because we are bigger or do such & such those RDA levels on the tub don`t apply to us & we need more...

But how much more?

Do we REALLY need more?

Are we doing oursleves more harm than good?

Who`s coning who?

[Cookie]

So we aint got no opinions on this then

Shame on you all

[Al]

I'm trying to find a video somewhere on it and got lost..
Personally I will be increasing my vitamin intake once I gain another stone or two..

[Scott]

they're all good questions. Ive often thought the same things but I never really found any answers.
probably a 'takmaster' area

[Al]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5266884912495233634&q=codex+alimentarus&total=45&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

[Obessian]

The RDA was set to protect you from a vitamin deficiency back in the day when quality nutrition was not readily available. As far as I know.

So it's the MINIMUM threshold below which you're running a risk to your health. This means that everyone should try and consume vitamins in quantities ABOVE the RDA.

Now vitamins A and E (or D?) you can overdose on. It takes some effort to consume enough of the stuff to poison yourself, but with supplements it's possible. That's why the quantities of these vitamins in multi-vitamin supplements are usually limited. I.e. vitamin C tablets come in one gram doses (1000 mg), which is 1666% of RDA for vitamin C, but you'll rarely see vitamin A tablets at more than 75%-100%.

The other vitamins are deemed safe, as you just excrete (pee) whatever the body doesn't use. You can really see this with vitamin B complexes, as they turn your urine yellow and/or bright orange.

[Cookie]

Some discussion at last...

Keep it coming

[Takmaster]

I tihnk that you know my views lol

[Cookie]

I tihnk that you know my views lol

Well I know but how about bringing the scientist out for the board and *enlightening* them

[Cookie]

Bumping for Taks views

[firebear369]

For what its worth, I'll throw in my few cents.

The food industry is very comfortable with throwing numbers and statistics at consumers. Consumers, for their part, blindly gobble up information printed on the sides of bottles and packages and expect that profit seeking companies won't lie in order to sell a product.

Realistically, the numbers printed on all forms of food or vitamins really have no meaning because they are based on studies funded by the companies involved in the food production.

I really think that there is no one magic number ( i.e. RDA) that fits every single human on the face of the planet. Like exercise, each person needs to find what works for their respective bodies.

[Takmaster]

Bumping myself for after dinner