Lorenzo writes:

<<I believe that the "Recommended Dietary Allowances of
essential vitamin and nutrients"     is a farce.>>

  I strongly agree here.

<<Multiply them by ten and it will help almost every one.
Multiply some by more than ten and it will help the ill!>>

  I don't know that I would make this blanket statement across the board,
but I do agree that the RDA for essential vitamins ands minerals is much too
low.  I agree with the spirit of the statement above.

Siobhan