On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:26:30 -0500, William <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:06:03 -0400, Robert Kesterson  
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Medical science
>> used to consider bloodletting and amputations as good treatments.
>
> Still does. It's called phlebotomy, and is standard treatment for iron  
> overload.

Good point.   (Supposedly that's the only way your body sheds excess iron  
is by blood loss.)

>>  If your body needs to move some things out of storage (be it bone,  
>> fat, muscle, or whatever), it will replenish that storage the next time  
>> nutrients are available.
>
> True, but we live in a relatively horrendously nutrient-poor  
> environment. They were rich.

Possibly.  But we can get much better nutrients if we choose good foods.   
I don't put much stock in the USRDA, either, but I always greatly exceeed  
it just by eating good foods every day.  I'm usually short on vitamin D,  
but sunlight and fresh air works wonders for both your vitamin D and your  
general disposition.  :)

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   Robert Kesterson
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