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Originally Posted by Aramike
But okay, I'll play devil's advocate and respond to at least your first point.You know that iron is required by the body? Ever hear of a condition called hemochromatosis? That means you have too much. Now should vitamin makers be allowed to put excessive amounts of iron in their supplements, or should the FDA regulate them?
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This is an excellent analogy.
The dose should be below a single, unhealthful dose. In other words if the average person took ONE vitamin and got sick, then yeah, it's to much. But that's NOT the kind of doses in vitamins, is it. Unlike a cheeseburger, a vitamin is expected to be taken with a specific dose regimen, right? Liek one per day, forever. That changes things.
Any regulation of salt requires some specific dose per day of the food. What is a reasonable daily dose of cheeseburgers from a specific take out joint? For ME it's maybe 2 per year. They'd have to be pretty salty to harm me in 2 burgers.