If you want to know how much of a particular nutrient you should consume per day to be healthy, don’t worry. Plenty of guidance is available to you, and it has been made user-friendly by the use of standardized metrics.
The term “nutrients” includes the following:
– Macronutrients (listed alphabetically because I don’t want to get hate mail): carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
– Vitamins and Minerals
– Other components of food such as fiber, sodium, and so on.
The term Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) is an umbrella term that covers many different metrics or “reference values” for the recommended intake of various nutrients.
All we have to do now is understand the various Dietary Reference Intake metrics that various agencies of the United States government provide to the public for each nutrient. They are listed here in no particular order.
– Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
– Reference daily intake (RDІ)
– Adequate Intake (AI)
– Daily Value (DV)
– % Daily Value
– Daily reference value (DRV)
– Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL)
– Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)
– Estimated Energy Requirement (EER)
– Chronic Disease Risk Reduction Intake (CDRR)
– Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR)
Which of these metrics are likely to be most useful?
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