YourUniverse
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I want to echo OceanSpray's sentiment. Cronometer is a useful tool but does not paint the full picture.
It doesnt even report the full picture for the foods youre looking at. For example, milk, even non-fat, contains a significant amount of vitamin K. It even has vitamin C. This data will not show up on cronometer, and will leave you looking for more foods that you dont need.
Multiple Vitamin K Forms Exist in Dairy Foods
".. total vitamin K contents of full-fat milk (4% fat), 2%-fat milk, 1%-fat milk, and nonfat milk were 38.1 ± 8.6, 19.4 ± 7.7, 12.9 ± 2.0, and 7.7 ± 2.9 µg/100 g, respectively."
The vitamin C content of cow's milk
[vitamin C content of milk ~5mg/250ml]
Office of Dietary Supplements - Iodine
[iodine content of milk ~56mcg/250ml]
Food Data Chart - Biotin
[biotin content of milk ~5mcg/250ml]
There are so many interactions to take note of, too. For example, thyroid prevents magnesium loss, so getting high thyroid becomes more important than getting lots of magnesium. Vitamins C and E spare/recycle one another, and onwards and upwards.
Even hard data gets hard to sift through because of different unreported food chemicals and their overall effects, like milk having a net anti-serotonin effect despite having a positive fernstrom (serotonin-promoting) ratio.
Anyway, this reads like a milk ad - its not. This was supposed to illustrate why general guidelines are really good. Ray has said he recommends orange juice and milk because they are available and have "hundreds" of anti-stress effects. Beating stress is the basis of Ray's work.
It doesnt even report the full picture for the foods youre looking at. For example, milk, even non-fat, contains a significant amount of vitamin K. It even has vitamin C. This data will not show up on cronometer, and will leave you looking for more foods that you dont need.
Multiple Vitamin K Forms Exist in Dairy Foods
".. total vitamin K contents of full-fat milk (4% fat), 2%-fat milk, 1%-fat milk, and nonfat milk were 38.1 ± 8.6, 19.4 ± 7.7, 12.9 ± 2.0, and 7.7 ± 2.9 µg/100 g, respectively."
The vitamin C content of cow's milk
[vitamin C content of milk ~5mg/250ml]
Office of Dietary Supplements - Iodine
[iodine content of milk ~56mcg/250ml]
Food Data Chart - Biotin
[biotin content of milk ~5mcg/250ml]
There are so many interactions to take note of, too. For example, thyroid prevents magnesium loss, so getting high thyroid becomes more important than getting lots of magnesium. Vitamins C and E spare/recycle one another, and onwards and upwards.
Even hard data gets hard to sift through because of different unreported food chemicals and their overall effects, like milk having a net anti-serotonin effect despite having a positive fernstrom (serotonin-promoting) ratio.
Anyway, this reads like a milk ad - its not. This was supposed to illustrate why general guidelines are really good. Ray has said he recommends orange juice and milk because they are available and have "hundreds" of anti-stress effects. Beating stress is the basis of Ray's work.
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