Dietary Reference Intakes:

The Essential Guide to Nutrient Requirements

Status: Available Now Size: 560 pages, 7 x 10 Publication Year: 006

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!"e #ietar$ %e&erence 'nta(es: !"e )ssential *ui+e to Nutrient %e,uire-ents is sold only as a printed book; the PDF offered free of charge for download contains only the references. .i+el$ regar+e+ as t"e classic re&erence wor( &or t"e nutrition, +ietetic, an+ allie+ "ealt" pro&essions since its intro+uction in 1/01, %eco--en+e+ #ietar$ Allowances "as been t"e accepte+ source in nutrient allowances &or "ealt"$ people2 %espon+ing to t"e expansion o& scienti&ic (nowle+ge about t"e roles o& nutrients in "u-an "ealt", t"e 3oo+ an+ Nutrition 4oar+ o& t"e 'nstitute o& 5e+icine, in partners"ip wit" 6ealt" 7ana+a, "as up+ate+ w"at use+ to be (nown as %eco--en+e+ #ietar$ Allowances 8%#As9 an+ rena-e+ t"eir new approac" to t"ese gui+elines #ietar$ %e&erence 'nta(es 8#%'s92 Since 1//:, t"e 'nstitute o& 5e+icine "as issue+ eig"t ex"austive volu-es o& #%'s t"at o&&er ,uantitative esti-ates o& nutrient inta(es to be use+ &or planning an+ assessing +iets applicable to "ealt"$ in+ivi+uals in t"e ;nite+ States an+ 7ana+a2 Now, &or t"e &irst ti-e, all eig"t volu-es are su--arize+ in one eas$<to<use re&erence volu-e, Dietary Reference Intakes: The Essential Reference for Dietary Planning and Assessment2 =rganize+ b$ nutrient &or rea+$ use, t"is popular re&erence volu-e reviews t"e &unction o& eac" nutrient in t"e "u-an bo+$, &oo+ sources, usual +ietar$ inta(es, an+ e&&ects o& +e&iciencies an+ excessive inta(es2 3or eac" nutrient o& &oo+ co-ponent, in&or-ation inclu+es: )sti-ate+ average re,uire-ent an+ its stan+ar+ +eviation b$ age an+ gen+er2 %eco--en+e+ +ietar$ allowance, base+ on t"e esti-ate+ average re,uire-ent an+ +eviation2 A+e,uate inta(e level, w"ere a reco--en+e+ +ietar$ allowance cannot be base+ on an esti-ate+ average re,uire-ent2 !olerable upper inta(e levels above w"ic" ris( o& toxicit$ woul+ increase2 Along wit" +ietar$ re&erence values &or t"e inta(es o& nutrients b$ A-ericans an+ 7ana+ians, t"is boo( presents reco--en+ations &or "ealt" -aintenance an+ t"e re+uction o& c"ronic +isease ris(2 Also inclu+e+ is a Su--ar$ !able o& #ietar$ %e&erence 'nta(es, an up+ate+ practical su--ar$ o& t"e reco--en+ations2 'n a++ition, Dietary Reference Intakes: The Essential Reference for Dietary Planning and Assessment provi+es in&or-ation about: *ui+ing principles &or nutrition labeling an+ &orti&ication Applications in +ietar$ planning Propose+ +e&inition o& +ietar$ &iber A ris( assess-ent -o+el &or establis"ing upper inta(e levels &or nutrients Propose+ +e&inition an+ plan &or review o& +ietar$ antioxi+ants an+ relate+ co-poun+s #ieticians, co--unit$ nutritionists, nutrition e+ucators, nutritionists wor(ing in govern-ent agencies, an+ nutrition stu+ents at t"e postsecon+ar$ level, as well as ot"er "ealt" pro&essionals, will &in+ Dietary Reference Intakes: The Essential Reference for Dietary Planning an+ Assess-ent an invaluable resource2

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