Can a Normal, Healthful Diet Provide Optimal Nutrition?

In recent years, it has become obvious that few of us receive the nutrients our body needs because we fail to eat a healthful, balanced diet on a daily basis.

 

Vitamin supplementation has become an effective way to make up for our diet's lack of essential ingredients, and USANA is leading the way in nutritional advancements and research.

 

In addition to meeting the Recommended Daily Allowance for the 10 most important vitamins and minerals, USANA has based its formulas on scientific research, which shows that advanced doses of various nutrients may confer protective health benefits.

USANA has formulated the Essentials to provide advanced doses of vitamin E, vitamin D, vitamin C, zinc, folate, vitamin B6, niacin, riboflavin, and thiamin.

While all these nutrients are available in many of the foods we eat, the following are examples of the amounts we would have to eat on a daily basis to achieve these protective doses through diet alone.

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Vitamin E (450 IU)

* 80 medium avocados
* 80 mangos
* 2 lbs. of sunflower seeds
* 23 cups of wheat germ
* 1.5 quarts of corn oil

 

Vitamin D (200 IU)

* 7.5 large egg yolks
* 2 cups of fortified milk
* 1/2 teaspoon of cod liver oil
* 10 tablespoons of margarine
* 5 ounces of shrimp

 

Vitamin C (1300 mg)

* 17 medium kiwifruit
* 16 medium oranges
* 160 medium apples
(including the skin)
* 10.5 cups of fresh orange juice
* 16 cups of raw chopped broccoli

 

Zinc (20 mg)

* 13 ounces of ground beef
* 2 raw oysters
* 10 cups of black beans
* 28 ounces of chicken
* 8 cups of chickpeas

 

Folate (1 mg)

* 3.8 cups of cooked asparagus
* 4 cups of black beans
* 20 medium oranges
* 10 cups of brussel sprouts
* 3.8 cups of cooked spinach

Vitamin B6 (27 mg)

* 41 medium bananas
* 38 medium baked potatoes with skin
* 77 cups of lentils
* 15 lbs. of chicken breast
* 18 cups of wheat germ

 

Niacin (40 mg)

* 10.5 ounces of dry roasted peanuts
* 12 ounces of beef liver
* 6.5 medium avocados
* 13.3 cups of brown rice
* 14 ounces of chicken breast

 

Riboflavin (27 mg)

* 22 ounces of beef liver
* 16 cups of lowfat yogurt
* 9 dozen eggs
* 3.25 gallons of lowfat milk
* 64 cups of cooked spinach

 

Thiamin (27 mg)

* 135 cups of brown rice
* 2 lbs. of ham
* 3 lbs. of sunflower seeds
* 64 cups of green peas
* 12 cups of wheat germ

 

source - http://www.humannutrition.com/