I've read that if we could be free of poisons, our gut bacteria would make  
all the vitamins (and at least some of the other essential nutrients) that  
we need.
Seems like a reasonable proposition. Seems also impossible in this  
polluted earth.

William



On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:38:31 -0400, Paleogal <[log in to unmask]>  
wrote:


> Haven't heard the one about the multivitamins, but the trials were  
> skewed.
> B-Carotene requires vitamin E for reuptake, selenium requires E,
> glutathione, C, selenium requires E and others.  To run trials without
> reuptakes is ridiculous.  Even fish oils require vitamin E when taken in
> large doses or on a regular basis.  Oliva
>