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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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