Nutrients Required in a Day?

Good Afternoon,


I was researching nutritionally complete meals, and ran into a
problem. All the foods I found were so nutritionally deficient with
respect to the RDA, that it looked like it was impossible to get one's
required nutrients, no matter what one ate.

For example, I have read in many places that one can live indefinitely
on potatoes and milk as that provides the body with all the nutrients
it needs. Yet so so many nutrients were missing (or were present in
only tiny fractions of the RDA) that either this information is wrong,
or I'm confused about the charts.

Are many nutrients manufactured by the body? If so, what are the
nutrients that one must consume every day to remain healthy?

Thanks in advance.
.

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