Episode 38: Dr. Paul Mason
Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter
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The Importance of Consensus Opinion in Nutrition
In 2007 the Institute of Medicine had a conference and they discussed RDA's. The recommended daily allowances are based on the lowest level of evidence we have which is merely expert opinion so basically I mean somebody guessed some guy said I think this is what it is and that's what it is. There would only be one example of somebody on a meat-based diet who died of scurvy right and it doesn't happen, he says.
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