Posted by Larry Hoover on November 6, 2003, at 11:30:30
In reply to lar...can you post the french article here and on » Larry Hoover, posted by joebob on November 6, 2003, at 10:54:55
> alternative board.........i watch that one more closely for your posts
> i will circulate it when i get it
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> welcome back!
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> thannks,
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> joebob(**emphasis added**)
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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