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Rx for Survival: Back to the Basics
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Program Overview
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Ever since sailors noticed that scurvy could be prevented with
citrus fruits, it has been clear that illness could be caused by a
lack of certain nutrients. While nutrient-enriched products have
reduced diseases caused by vitamin deficiency in the developed
countries, the problem continues to plague the developing world. And
many in poorer countries suffer from the twin problems of poor
nutrition and unsafe water, which create a disease burden that is
almost unbearable. Back to the Basics explores the connection
between health and the essential requirements that so many people
take for granted. It also examines how an overabundance of
nutrition—in the form of over-consumption—is causing an
epidemic of obesity that is spreading across the globe.
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