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Absolutely not. You can be deficient in some mineral for your entire life, with the only thing to show for it a permanent light rash and an increased chance of
by Confusion 10y ago
Absolutely not. You can be deficient in some mineral for your entire life, with the only thing to show for it a permanent light rash and an increased chance of colon cancer. E.g over 50% of the population is deficient in magnesium, even following conservative daily suggested intakes.
People report Soylent 'curing' rashes: that's exactly the opposite happening. They were deficient in e.g. zinc until now and finally got enough through Soylent. A good multivitamin would also have solved it.
- J-dawg 10y agoIs there a test to find out whether you're deficient in Zinc, Magnesium etc? Tailored vitamin/mineral supplements could be a pretty cool startup.
- Karunamon 10y agoMultivitamins are starting to get the stink-eye from medical science [1][2] There's argument to be made for supplementing a known deficiency, but it seems as if you're better off eating it in food rather than a supplement. [1]: http://annals.org/aim/article/1789253/enough-enough-stop-wasting-money-vitamin-mineral-supplements http://annals.org/aim/article/1789253/enough-enough-stop-was... [2]: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/07/the-vitamin-myth-why-we-think-we-need-supplements/277947/ http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/07/the-vitami...