NUTR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Caffeine, Dietary Reference Intake, Osteoporosis
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Dietary reference intakes (dris: guidelines for specific nutrients, volumes of books. Dietary guidelines for americans: broad dietary and lifestyle advice, big change in 2016, based on dris. My plate: food guidance system to implement dris and dietary guidelines, new food pyramid , revised in 2005. Nutrition facts panel: on food labels, help you decide on which foods to buy. Estimated average requirement (ear: average amount of nutrient known to meet the needs of 50% of individuals in the same age and gender group, starting point of a minimum. Recommended dietary allowance (rda: average amount of nutrients meets 97-98% of individuals, best bet, starting point. Tolerable upper intake level (ul: the highest amount of a nutrient that can be consumed without harm, exceeding that level can result in toxicity. 2,000 mg of vitamin c is the ul. Over that, you can risk toxicity: more is not always better, eat between rda and ul for your best bet.
