recommended dietary allowance

American

noun

Nutrition.

the amount of an essential nutrient, as a vitamin or mineral, that has been established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences as adequate to meet the average daily nutritional needs of most healthy persons according to age group and sex. RDA

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recommended dietary allowance

A: The recommended dietary allowance for zinc is 11 milligrams per day, so your husband has been taking considerably more than he may need.

From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023

That is within the recommended dietary allowance of 1,000 milligram for adult men up to 70 years old.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2022

"It’s difficult to not get the recommended dietary allowance of tryptophan – it doesn't just come from turkey."

From Fox News ● Nov. 24, 2021

Pizza Hut said 15% of its pizzas will have only one-third of the daily recommended dietary allowance for sodium by the end of 2015.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2015

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