BPK 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dietary Reference Intake, Health Canada, Natural Health Product
17 May 2016
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Determine typical food intake analyze nutrient intake evaluate physical health. Consider medical history assess with laboratory tests. In order to assess whether an individual or popula-on"s nutrient intake is inadequate, excessive or adequate, we need a set of reference values for comparison. The dris are a set of reference values for the amounts of energy, nutrients and other food components recommended by the canadian and american governments for different genders and life-stages. Note: these values are set for healthy people, but individuals with nutri-on or health concerns may require different amounts of nutrients to promote health. Consump-on of this amount of the nutrient meets the needs of 50% of the popula-on: adequate intake (ai): nutrient intakes that are used as a goal when no rda exists. Ai values approximate the amount of nutrient that sustains health upper limit (ul): The highest amount of that nutrient that will not promote symptoms of toxicity in the majority of healthy individuals.
