Basic principles of micronutrients - Micronutrient requirements - Dietary reference intakes: the basics

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What are the Dietary Reference Intakes/Values (DRIs/DRVs)?

A set of reference values for nutrients

What 4 references do the Dietary Reference Intakes include?

  • EAR: Estimated Average Requirement
  • RDA: Recommended Dietary Allowance
  • AI: Adequate Intake
  • TUIL: Tolerable Upper Intake Level

What is the AI (a Dietary Reference Intake)?

The Adequate Intake
The replacement for the RDA of a nutrient when there is not enough data to define the RNA

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