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A varied diet provides sufficient quantities of everything needed. I wouldn't supplement without a doctor identifying an ailment or deficiency, and then I'd pre

A varied diet provides sufficient quantities of everything needed. I wouldn't supplement without a doctor identifying an ailment or deficiency, and then I'd prefer a diet change or even a prescription to a supplement. There's too much research (see: SELECT trials) that supplements feed tumorogensis and cancer mortality, and that the supplements you buy may not actually be what you think you're buying (see: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/science/herbal-supplements-are-often-not-what-they-seem.html?ref=science&_r=1& http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/science/herbal-supplements...).

moystard 13y ago
That's what I was referring as controversy. I would never take all around supplements as a normal diet should provide everything I need. However in the case of magnesium for example, it is proven that stress/anxiety deprives the body from it, and my GP already prescribed it to me in the past. Regarding the fact that it might not be what's written on the box, I cannot agree more, you have to trust the shop on this one.
mrfusion 13y ago
I haven't been able to figure out how almost any diet can get the RDA of potassium. I'd be curious what you suggest for that.
- adventured 13y ago
  one medium potato, 900mg; one banana, 450mg; one 3oz serving tuna, salmon or halibut, 500mg; various beans and lentils, 400mg to 600mg; yogurt, 500mg; one cup of boiled spinach, 850mg; cup of prunes, 650mg; half a cup of soybeans, 500mg. You can get 500mg from one cup of most tomato-based sauces. One apple or orange will give you 175 to 200mg. One cup of apricots will give you 400mg; half a cup of dates will deliver 500 to 600mg. There are numerous other high potassium foods that are easy to mix into a regular diet. You can get the RDA for potassium without trying too hard with just 700 to 1,000 calories. Some greens have upwards of 10mg of potassium per calorie.
  - mrfusion 13y ago
    Thanks for looking it up. I'm still not seeing how to get to 4000 mg/day even with those high potassium foods. 4+ potatoes would be a lot for one day. 8 bananas would also be pretty extreme. As would 3+ cups of boiled spinach. Mixing and matching those items would work but you'd have to really still work hard at it. And I just don't see enough of those items being in a normal daily diet to come close to 4000mg.

moystard 13y ago

That's what I was referring as controversy. I would never take all around supplements as a normal diet should provide everything I need. However in the case of magnesium for example, it is proven that stress/anxiety deprives the body from it, and my GP already prescribed it to me in the past. Regarding the fact that it might not be what's written on the box, I cannot agree more, you have to trust the shop on this one.

mrfusion 13y ago

I haven't been able to figure out how almost any diet can get the RDA of potassium. I'd be curious what you suggest for that.

adventured 13y ago
one medium potato, 900mg; one banana, 450mg; one 3oz serving tuna, salmon or halibut, 500mg; various beans and lentils, 400mg to 600mg; yogurt, 500mg; one cup of boiled spinach, 850mg; cup of prunes, 650mg; half a cup of soybeans, 500mg. You can get 500mg from one cup of most tomato-based sauces. One apple or orange will give you 175 to 200mg. One cup of apricots will give you 400mg; half a cup of dates will deliver 500 to 600mg. There are numerous other high potassium foods that are easy to mix into a regular diet. You can get the RDA for potassium without trying too hard with just 700 to 1,000 calories. Some greens have upwards of 10mg of potassium per calorie.
- mrfusion 13y ago
  Thanks for looking it up. I'm still not seeing how to get to 4000 mg/day even with those high potassium foods. 4+ potatoes would be a lot for one day. 8 bananas would also be pretty extreme. As would 3+ cups of boiled spinach. Mixing and matching those items would work but you'd have to really still work hard at it. And I just don't see enough of those items being in a normal daily diet to come close to 4000mg.