YOUTH NUTRIENTS: FRUIT AND VEGGIE DEFICIENCY & RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCESFRUIT AND VEGGIE DEFICIENCY
You’ve heard of deficiencies before? That’s when you don’t get enough of a certain nutrient. Well, here’s a Fountain of Youth deficiency and one thj, way too many of us suffer from.Fifty per cent of Americans don’t eat a single veggie or piece of fruit-ever. Ninety per cent of Americans don’t get their five-a-day servings of fruits and veggies.RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCESWell, here’s the beginning of the controversy. What’s an RDA? Recommended Dietary Allowances are “levels of intake of essential nutrients considered … to be adequate to meet the known nutritional need of practically all healthy persons”. The RDA for antioxidants is set in such way as to prevent disease from a serious deficiency. However, the RDAs are not set to take into account special needs such as the fighting of infections, strenuous exercise, chronic illness or injury. The RDA is also not set for longevity doses. So most experts agree that it is safe to get more than the RDA for the major antioxidants. In fact, most experts now recommend a longevity dose of antioxidant protection.*63\323\8*
