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Recommended Dietary Allowances

During the 1940’s the US government developed what today is called the Recommended Dietary Allowances, or RDA’s. The reason for this move was to prevent a nutritional deficiency called scurvy. It was designed to be the bare minimum required for your body to function before malnutrition developed. Over time, however, pollution and free radicals have multiplied and the need for better nutrition has increased; yet the RDA’s have remained the same over all of these years.

In the scientific world the RDA debate has been a very hotly contested issue. You won’t find many doctors who won’t agree that better nutrition can lead to healthier bodies. Nor will you find many doctors who feel that the RDA establishes a standard of optimal dosage of nutrients for the body. The issue is whether nutrient supplements will benefit the body or simply create expensive urine. For doctors to go on record promoting the use of supplements, they need to have conclusive, beyond a shadow of doubt evidence that proves supplements will assist the body to fight disease. Good supplements can cost serious money over a lifetime. For doctors to recommend this additional cost to the average person, they need to be certain that the money will be well spent.

Unfortunately, every human is different and supplements can have varying results among its users. Many doctors feel that although the evidence to date is extremely promising more tests need to be performed on more people over longer periods of time. Some of these tests involve well over 50,000 subjects and require examination over 10, 15 or even 20 years. You simply cannot speed these experiments up. The problem is that with all of the positive results to date, can people afford to wait for these tests to conclude and the debate to end. Sickness it at unparalleled levels and people are dying. They need prevention now, not after they have already become sick. Good nutrition makes good sense.

There are huge amounts of evidence to suggest that the body fights disease better when very large (as compared to the RDA) doses of nutrients are consumed. Scientists such as the two-time Nobel Prize winner, Dr Linus Pauling, strongly promote the use of nutrients far below the antiquated recommended levels. Dr Pauling himself was known to take up to 18 grams of vitamin C every day. The recommended levels are 40 milligrams (ie 0.040grams) per day. Did you know that humans are one of the only animals unable to produce vitamin C naturally? Dogs, for example, produce around 10 grams of vitamin C each day. The average human consumes only 24 milligrams (60% RDA) per day. That means the average dog benefits from 416 times the amount of vitamin C for only 15% of the average human body mass. Considering the poor quality of food that animals are known to eat, when was the last time you noticed that your pet was sick?

Usana products are based on the premise that the RDA’s are far too low. That is why Usana users will consume many times the RDA in certain vitamins and minerals. This is also why Usana users realise such amazing results. As far as I know, only Usana provide a quality product designed to exceed the RDA. Their scientists have a superb understanding of nutrition and go to great measures to provide a super high quality product with no negative side effects. When the great RDA debate finally concludes, I am sure that Usana will set the standards for this new age. By the way Dr Pauling practised what he preached. Recently he passed away at the ripe old age of 96. Go figure.

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