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adequate intake
(redirected from Dietary Reference Intake)

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adequate intake (AI),
n the consumption and absorption of sufficient food, vitamins, and essential minerals necessary to maintain health. See also dietary reference intakes; estimated average requirement; recommended dietary allowances; and upper intake levels, tolerable.

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12, 41; Institute of Medicine: Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate, 2004, www.
The new standards, to be known as dietary reference intakes, will consist of three numbers: the redefined RDA, an estimated average requirement, and an upper limit for safe intake.
Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrates, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein and Amino Acids (Macronutrients).
 
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