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(Created page with "* Add the nutrient targets. Be sure to speak about both the ''recommended daily allowance'' and the ''tolerable upper level''. ** Decision: should it be by gender? and by age? or just some general estimate for the average adult? ** Decision: should the targets go under the ''nutrient targets'' heading, or be incorporated into each subheading of ''nutrients''? A bit of both, perhaps? On one hand, adding numbers too early might overwhelm the reader; on the other hand, havi...")
 
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* Protein: talk about chemistry (the body is made of protein, digestion breaks down proteins into amino acids which get rearranged into new proteins that make the human body. protein consumption as maintenance, is mostly due to deamination). also, talk about how the protein required to build muscle is not actually a lot, even during extreme muscle gains.
* Protein: talk about chemistry (the body is made of protein, digestion breaks down proteins into amino acids which get rearranged into new proteins that make the human body. protein consumption as maintenance, is mostly due to deamination). also, talk about how the protein required to build muscle is not actually a lot, even during extreme muscle gains.
* add subheading "Toxins & anti-nutrients" - define, give examples, and then explain how it's ''generally'' not a major concern, but list exceptions.
* add subheading "Toxins & anti-nutrients" - define, give examples, and then explain how it's ''generally'' not a major concern, but list exceptions.
* On supplements: Turn the "that is not true" into a p2 explaining why, at least in simple terms fundamental to how vitamins are discovered