Article: Shortcuts sacrifice nutrients

Calcium, fish oil, micronutrients - are you getting the right amounts?

Dale Schmeisser would understand if you were tempted to answer, "Who cares?"

As a registered dietitian and assistant professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago's department of nutrition and medical dietetics, Schmeisser keeps up with the latest in nutritional news - but is the first to admit it's tough for the nonprofessional to do so.

Moreover, even as dietitians stress the importance of a balanced, varied diet, they acknowledge the difficulty of meeting that goal on a daily basis. So it's not hard, Schmeisser said, to understand why people trying to be conscientious use some common shortcuts, such as ...

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