Posted by Dr. Bob on November 7, 2003, at 1:35:32
In reply to Re: lar...can you post the french article here and on, posted by Larry Hoover on November 6, 2003, at 11:30:30
> > alternative board.........i watch that one more closely for your posts
> > i will circulate it when i get it
> >
> > welcome back!
> >
> > thannks,
> >
> > joebob
>
> (**emphasis added**)
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> Ann Nutr Metab. 1984;28(1):11-23.
>
> [Caloric value of food and coverage of the recommended nutritional intake of
> vitamins in the adult human. Principle foods containing vitamins]
>
> [Article in French]
>
> Mareschi JP, Cousin F, de la Villeon B, Brubacher GB.
>
> Two daily food consumption models were defined. One of them (I) is
> representative of the French eating habits, the other (E) of a diet with a
> theoretically balanced content of macronutrients for a caloric intake of
> 2,500 kcal. **For each of these two models, four menus were calculated to
> obtain four caloric levels (1,500, 2,000, 2,500 and 3,000 kcal). The vitamin
> content of these menus was established on the basis of the literature (food
> composition tables).** Nutritional losses resulting from usual cooking
> methods were taken into account. The results show that the dietary intake of
> some vitamins, such as folic acid, pantothenic acid, vitamin A,
> beta-carotene, vitamin C and B1, was likely to be inadequate and are in
> agreement with those of epidemiologic surveys carried out in developed
> countries. **The threshold of 80% of the recommended allowances is not
> reached with a caloric level of 2,500 kcal (balanced diet)** or 2,700 kcal
> (unbalanced diet). For an allowance of 1,500 kcal, most of the vitamins do
> not reach or just reach 50% of the recommended level. This result shows that
> the former eating habits of the French population, whose caloric intake was
> high (more than 3,000 kcal), were correct as they covered the recommended
> intakes of micronutrients. This work corroborates the great importance of
> some food groups in covering the recommended vitamin intakes and underlines
> the necessity of diversifying food.
>
>
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