Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site shark.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!tektronix!orca!shark!brianp From: brianp@shark.UUCP Newsgroups: net.med,net.wanted Subject: want US RDA, etc of everything Message-ID: <918@shark.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23-Jul-84 03:51:07 EDT Article-I.D.: shark.918 Posted: Mon Jul 23 03:51:07 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jul-84 20:09:55 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 30 Does anyone have pointers to sources (or preferably, one good source. I bet it doesn't exist, though) which would describe the: -3: What low level will outright cripple you (and what happens) -2: What minimum you can drop to in a pinch (and effects of temporary shortage) -1: What mimimum you can get away with (and long term effects of going below this limit regularly) -0: US RDA 0: What current medicine recommends 1: How much you can safely ingest regularly (long term effects of exceeding this limit regularly) 2: How much you can get away with for a limited period (and possible benifits of megadosing) 3: What limit is outright poison (and what happens to you) FOR: Protein, carbohydrates, (sugars, others, etc), lipids, cholesterol, vitamins, minerals, air, water, miscellaneous trace chemicals, and anything that I might have overlooked. (in short, everything that people ingest, or need to ingest) Brian Peterson {ucbvax, ihnp4, } !tektronix!shark!brianp