werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) (10/01/85)
From AMN 9/23/85 p. 26
'Scientists Note Role of Mineral'
The trace mineral chromium may be far more important in human
diets than once suspected, USDA scientists have noted.
Chromium has been shown to have multiple dietary roles, including
helping to prevent diabetes, and is essential in the body's use of sugars
and fats. Prior research showed that long-term deficiency in chromium is
associated with adult diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to
the FDA.
Foods high in chromium are whole wheat bread, meat, mushrooms, and
vegetables [and of course, automobile bumpers -:) ].
The research was conducted by R. Anderson, USDA-ARS Vitamin and
Mineral Nutrition Lab, Rm 224, Bldg 307, Beltsville MD 20705.
[In a related story, the FDA announced that the RDA - Recommended Daily
Allowance - of most other vitamins and micronutrients show be lowered.
The original work took a hodge-podge of data and selected the maximum to
be the RDA for each vitamin. In actually, the average adult needs only
50-70% of the noted figure. It actually makes more sense to lower the
RDA and specify which groups (children, elderly, pregnant women, etc)
need added quantities of specific nutrients.]
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Craig Werner
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"Why is it that half the calories is twice the price?"mlf@panda.UUCP (Matt L. Fichtenbaum) (10/01/85)
> Foods high in chromium are whole wheat bread, meat, mushrooms, and >vegetables [and of course, automobile bumpers -:) ]. This suggests that a bumper crop is good for the general public as well as for the farmers in particular. :-) -- Matt Fichtenbaum "It wasn't that she had a rose in her teeth, exactly. It was more like the rose and the teeth were in the same glass."