Stay young with better nutrition?

Aksenov et al studied the effects of a well-rounded nutritional supplement in engineered mice. Helped 'em (the mice, that is) stay young. Your mileage may vary.

And Rucklidge et al found that a lot of nutritional supplements can help people with attention deficit disorder and severe mood dysregulation. Just to see how much extra was being given to people in her study, I did the sums:

               Dose     Max    Min  % Dose/Min
Vitamin B-12   902.4      -    2.4  37600%
Vitamin B-6     37.3    100    1.3   2869%
Vitamin E      320.4      -   15     2136%
Thiamin         19.2      -    1.2   1600%
Riboflavin      14.8      -    1.3   1138%
Copper, Cu       8.025   10    0.9    892%
Vitamin D     1640     2000  200      820%
Vitamin C      690     2000   90      767%
Zinc, Zn        59       40   11      536%
Pantot acid     26.75     -    5      535%
Selenium, Se   259      400   55      471%
Folate, total 1840     1000  400      460%
Iron, Fe        21.875   45    8      273%
Magnesium     1020      350  420     243%
Calcium, Ca   2320     2500 1000     232%
Phosphorus, P 1540     4000  700     220%
Niacin          35       35   16     219%
Vitamin A     1745     3000  900     194%
Manganese        2.42    11    2.3   105%
Potassium, K  4940        - 4700     105%

This is really a lot of extra nutrient! I'm inclined to believe that simply ensuring that you get 100% of what you need should do the trick. Trouble is, we don't.

If you wanted to find the lowest-cost diet that matched all that, it would look something like this:

• 341.2 grams, Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG, KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN COMPLETE Wheat Flakes,
• 351.1 grams, Cereals ready-to-eat, GENERAL MILLS, Whole Grain TOTAL,
• 1.8 grams, Tea, instant, unsweetened, powder,
• 923.8 grams, Beef liver, fried.

That's pretty much two boxes of fortified cereal and two pounds of liver. Oh, yeah, and a cuppa tea. Eeeeewwwwww! Again, your mileage may vary.