[erisinger]

I can back up the magnesium theory. Started pounding the stuff (100% chelated) a few years ago after reading about how many processes it's involved in and how little of it we actually get in our diets, and it was a game-changer. B12 also made a huge difference, even though I'm not vegetarian.

Would disagree that it's enough to eat a healthy diet. Our bodies evolved to eat an absurdly broad diet that provided countless nutrients that are hard to get today, even if you eat a local, organic, plant-based diet (which I do not).

[srcreigh]

Seems like some beef liver + 125g of sunflower seeds per day covers vitamins A, E, K, B12, and also magnesium.

It doesn't seem impossible to eat a diet to cover everything. But it seems very difficult to do it properly by mistake.

[srcreigh]

Too late to edit, but I tried stomaching 125g of roasted sunflower seeds today, and it is not easy. That's like 3/4 cup.

[giantg2]

One other thing, I believe magnesium is one of the nutrients that has been declining in food over time (eg food becoming less nutritious over the past century or so).