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Douglas_Knight comments on Yet More "Stupid" Questions - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 11 September 2013 03:03:40AM 1 point [-]

Most FDA RDAs are to avoid a state of deficiency.

I don't think that's true. As far as I know, they are largely based on normal consumption from a few decades ago.