RomeoStevens comments on Quantified Health Prize results announced - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RomeoStevens 21 February 2012 11:51:50PM 0 points [-]

"In 1985, the EPA, estimated that the daily lithium consumption for a 154 lb. adult ranges from 650 to 3,100 micrograms"

this seems to indicate that lithium supplementation would be largely redundant.

Comment author: gwern 23 February 2012 04:53:40AM 3 points [-]

Lithium levels vary massively based on what you eat or drink, as the wide range of the estimate indicates. The authors of many of the lithium papers complain about how levels vary from house to house to county based on whether one drinks soft drinks, eats veggies from a high lithium district, etc.