steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) (07/26/84)
**** I have not watched television in many years, but from what I hear Dirk and Sandy do not come across as a good advertisement for their method because they look strange. In their book, "Life Extention", however, they have done their homework. I had a friend that worked in Stanford with Linus Pauling. Over a period of years he pointed me to many articles about nutrition and health. "Life Extention" was the first other reference to many of those articles I have ever seen. The book is far more scientific than many books on nutrition and they constantly point out that the research is inadaquate to draw any conclusions. They point out that the research the government has done to determine vitamin requirements is also inadaquate. They claim that the daily requirements were determined by finding out the average vitamin intake of americans and calling that optimum. This was politically motivated. What easier way to assure that all Americians have adaquate nutrition that to find out how much nutrition we get and mandating that that is optimum? Don Steiny Personetics 109 Torrey Pine Terr. Santa Cruz, Calif. 95060 (408) 425-0382 ihnp4!pesnta -\ fortune!idsvax -> scc!steiny ucbvax!twg -/