NUTR 31500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gluten-Free Diet, Dietary Reference Intake, National Institutes Of Health
22 Jan 2019
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Food nutrition board: national research council, national academics of science. Qualities: health populations, determined relationships between dietary intake and biological indicators, normal distribution. Recommended dietary allowance (rda: average daily dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of all (97-98%) healthy individuals in a specific life stage and gender group, rda = ear + 2sd(ear) Estimated average requirement (ear: daily intake value that is estimated to meet the requirement, indicator of adequacy (50%, used to set rda. Adequate intake (ai: sufficient scientific evidence is not available to estimate an average requirement. Tolerable upper intake level (ul: maximum intake that is unlikely to pose risks of adverse health effects. Estimated energy requirement (eer: average daily energy (kcal) needed for each life-stage group, more conservative since excess energy stored, not excreted, dependent on energy expenditure. Daily values (dv: rdi vitamins and minerals, drv nutrients with no rda. 1990: congress created a process co-managed by nih and usda.
