Kevin comments on Announcing the Quantified Health Prize - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Solvent 03 December 2011 04:04:00AM *  0 points [-]

should take the important dietary minerals in

A normal diet provides easily enough calcium to meet most people's needs [EDIT: That is completely wrong, but still works for the purposes of my question]. Is the question asking about how much we should consume in total, or how much of the various minerals we should consume from supplements? In the first case, the answer is "about as much as you are currently consuming", while in the second case, the answer is "probably none."

Comment author: Kevin 04 December 2011 12:47:11PM 0 points [-]

Does your normal diet include cow milk? I don't drink cow milk and assumed I didn't get enough calcium.

Comment author: Solvent 04 December 2011 11:41:22PM 1 point [-]

Um, I was actually completely wrong about that. Most people don't get enough calcium. I think I mean some other mineral. Ooops.