> don't do the cause any good - neither does the assumption > that normal-eating people don't get all the minerals they > need from other sources Yeah, My biology teacher used to lick his finger, wipe it on the wooden bench in the lab and then lick it.. and say that he'd just had his RDA of zinc.. and a bunch of other trace elements the body needs. I'm sure one of these days he'll get his trace amount of something poisonous that some school kid has spilt on the desk.. That'll teach him :) Jon -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads