I'm sorry. My bad. I DID read them. Taking the second first- I have absolutely
NO RESPECT for Registered Dieticians. They are only PARTIALLY educated in their field ( Nutrition ). Their schools are heavily subsidized by the Food Industry. They are anti-supplementation ; they believe all supplements should be available only by prescription BUT that they should be permitted to prescribe them ; they want to be the sole licensing and governing body in every state concerning nutrition and they always manage to keep themselves at least five years behind the curve on the latest nutritional research. Therefore, I couldn't care less what a Registered Dietician has to say and for very good reasons.
The Berkeley Study exists in a vacuum. There has been no follow up research. The study itself is filled with "mays" and "mights" and does not contain a direct link between picolinates and anything.