Live Q&A #2

aired as a part of the live winter 2020 group on Wednesday, November 18, 2020

During this Q&A, we discussed Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs), which reference values that are estimated nutrient intakes to be used for planning and assessing diets for healthy people. We discussed the:

• Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA): the average daily dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirement of nearly all (97 to 98 percent) healthy individuals in a group.

  • When an RDA cannot be determined, they will then use Adequate Intake (AI): a value based on observed or experimentally determined approximations of nutrient intake by a group (or groups) of healthy people

• Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL): the highest level of daily nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk of adverse health effects to almost all individuals in the general population. As intake increases above the UL, the risk of adverse effects increases.