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Life-
Stage Calcium Chromium Copper Fluoride Iodine Iron Magnesium Manganese Molybdenum Phosphorus Selenium Zinc Potassium Sodium Chloride
Group (mg/d) (μg/d) (μg/d) (mg/d) (μg/d) (mg/d) (mg/d) (mg/d) (μg/d) (mg/d) (μg/d) (mg/d) (mg/d) (mg/d) (g/d)
Infants
0–6 200*a 0.2* 200* 0.01* 110* 0.27* 30* 0.003* 2* 100* 15* 2* 400* 110* 0.18*
mo
7–12 260*a 5.5* 220* 0.5* 130* 11 75* 0.6* 3* 275* 20* 3 860* 370* 0.57*
mo
Children
1–3 y 700 11* 340 0.7* 90 7 80 1.2* 17 460 20 3 2,000* 800* 1.5*
4–8 y 1,000 15* 440 1* 90 10 130 1.5* 22 500 30 5 2,300* 1,000* 1.9*
Males
9–13 y 1,300 25* 700 2* 120 8 240 1.9* 34 1,250 40 8 2,500* 1,200* 2.3*
14–18 1,300 35* 890 3* 150 11 410 2.2* 43 1,250 55 11 3,000* 1,500* 2.3*
y
19–30 1,000 35* 900 4* 150 8 400 2.3* 45 700 55 11 3,400* 1,500* 2.3*
y
31–50 1,000 35* 900 4* 150 8 420 2.3* 45 700 55 11 3,400* 1,500* 2.3*
y
51–70 1,000 30* 900 4* 150 8 420 2.3* 45 700 55 11 3,400* 1,500* 2.0*
y
> 70 y 1,200 30* 900 4* 150 8 420 2.3* 45 700 55 11 3,400* 1,500* 1.8*
Females
9–13 y 1,300 21* 700 2* 120 8 240 1.6* 34 1,250 40 8 2,300* 1,200* 2.3*
14–18 1,300 24* 890 3* 150 15 360 1.6* 43 1,250 55 9 2,300* 1,500* 2.3*
y
19–30 1,000 25* 900 3* 150 18 310 1.8* 45 700 55 8 2,600* 1,500* 2.3*
y
31–50 1,000 25* 900 3* 150 18 320 1.8* 45 700 55 8 2,600* 1,500* 2.3*
y
51–70 1,200 20* 900 3* 150 8 320 1.8* 45 700 55 8 2,600* 1,500* 2.0*
y
> 70 y 1,200 20* 900 3* 150 8 320 1.8* 45 700 55 8 2,600* 1,500* 1.8*
Pregnancy
14–18 1,300 29* 1,000 3* 220 27 400 2.0* 50 1,250 60 12 2,600* 1,500* 2.3*
y
19–30 1,000 30* 1,000 3* 220 27 350 2.0* 50 700 60 11 2,900* 1,500* 2.3*
y
31–50 1,000 30* 1,000 3* 220 27 360 2.0* 50 700 60 11 2,900* 1,500* 2.3*
y
Lactation
14–18 1,300 44* 1,300 3* 290 10 360 2.6* 50 1,250 70 13 2,500* 1,500* 2.3*
y
19–30 1,000 45* 1,300 3* 290 9 310 2.6* 50 700 70 12 2,800* 1,500* 2.3*
y
31–50 1,000 45* 1,300 3* 290 9 320 2.6* 50 700 70 12 2,800* 1,500* 2.3*
y

NOTES: This table (taken from the DRI reports, see www.nap.edu) presents Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) in bold type and Adequate Intakes (AIs) in ordinary type followed by an asterisk
(*). An RDA is the average daily dietary intake level sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all (97–98 percent) healthy individuals in a group. It is calculated from an Estimated Average
Requirement (EAR). If sufficient scientific evidence is not available to establish an EAR, and thus calculate an RDA, an AI is usually developed. For healthy breastfed infants, an AI is the mean intake.
The AI for other life-stage and gender groups is believed to cover the needs of all healthy individuals in the groups, but lack of data or uncertainty in the data prevent being able to specify with
confidence the percentage of individuals covered by this intake.

a Life-stage groups for infants were 0–5.9 and 6–11.9 months.

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SOURCES: Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorous, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride (1997); Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate,
Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline (1998); Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids (2000); Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin
K, Arsenic, Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium, and Zinc (2001); Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and
Sulfate (2005); Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D (2011); and Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). These reports may be accessed via www​.nap.edu.

From: Appendix J, Dietary Reference Intakes Summary Tables

Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review
the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium; Oria M, Harrison M, Stallings VA, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2019 Mar 5.

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