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Mooshie peas <[email protected]> writes:
[...]
>You must post an example of a vitamin supplement
>being needed by a normal healthy adult eating a
>varied wholefood eucaloric diet with regular
>moderate exercise.
[...]
Some say the evidence for taking vitamins is
lacking.
They say
"if cavemen evolved to survive on whole foods,
moderate exercise and calories, that's good
enough for us too".
They say
"only the fittest survived and we should live
how they lived, eat what they ate and exercise
how they exercised".
However, as I write this in August of 2003, I'm
aware of MORE EVIDENCE THAT EVOLUTION CONSERVED
THE BENEFITS OF B VITAMINS than a Neanderthal's
knuckle dragging lifestyle.
B vitamins have been found, in scientifically
controlled studies, to extend the life spans of
both fruit flies AND rodents, whose last common
ancestor is thought to have lived HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, when the ancient sea beds
were ruled by the mighty trilobite and WAY before
any man walked the earth.
It's remarkable that the same vitamins work in two
species so different. Bugs and mammals, small and
large, airborne and terrestrial.
Can we deny the possibility that the beneficial
chemical pathways acted up by B vitamins have been
conserved during hundreds of millions of years of
evolution?
Perhaps you're wondering which B vitamins I'm
writing about.
B5 and B6 increased life spans in both fruit flies
and rodents, from 10% to 28%, each.
Studies have also found that B5 and B6 improve
health in humans.
All this is in Michael Price's excellent Longevity
Report.
On the other hand, I know of no studies that found
that whole foods, moderate exercise or calories
extend life span.
Where are they?
Even if one or two can be found, how compelling
are they? Were they done on very different
species, by different researchers and at different
times?
And, if B5 and B6 have more evidence, shouldn't we
prefer them?
I think so.
Thanks,
Kingsley
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Kingsley G. Morse Jr.
[...]
>You must post an example of a vitamin supplement
>being needed by a normal healthy adult eating a
>varied wholefood eucaloric diet with regular
>moderate exercise.
[...]
Some say the evidence for taking vitamins is
lacking.
They say
"if cavemen evolved to survive on whole foods,
moderate exercise and calories, that's good
enough for us too".
They say
"only the fittest survived and we should live
how they lived, eat what they ate and exercise
how they exercised".
However, as I write this in August of 2003, I'm
aware of MORE EVIDENCE THAT EVOLUTION CONSERVED
THE BENEFITS OF B VITAMINS than a Neanderthal's
knuckle dragging lifestyle.
B vitamins have been found, in scientifically
controlled studies, to extend the life spans of
both fruit flies AND rodents, whose last common
ancestor is thought to have lived HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO, when the ancient sea beds
were ruled by the mighty trilobite and WAY before
any man walked the earth.
It's remarkable that the same vitamins work in two
species so different. Bugs and mammals, small and
large, airborne and terrestrial.
Can we deny the possibility that the beneficial
chemical pathways acted up by B vitamins have been
conserved during hundreds of millions of years of
evolution?
Perhaps you're wondering which B vitamins I'm
writing about.
B5 and B6 increased life spans in both fruit flies
and rodents, from 10% to 28%, each.
Studies have also found that B5 and B6 improve
health in humans.
All this is in Michael Price's excellent Longevity
Report.
On the other hand, I know of no studies that found
that whole foods, moderate exercise or calories
extend life span.
Where are they?
Even if one or two can be found, how compelling
are they? Were they done on very different
species, by different researchers and at different
times?
And, if B5 and B6 have more evidence, shouldn't we
prefer them?
I think so.
Thanks,
Kingsley
--
--
Kingsley G. Morse Jr.