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Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Diet and Health; Woteki CE, Thomas PR, editors. Eat for Life: The Food and Nutrition Board's Guide to Reducing Your Risk of Chronic Disease. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1992.

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Eat for Life: The Food and Nutrition Board's Guide to Reducing Your Risk of Chronic Disease.

Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Diet and Health; Woteki CE, Thomas PR, editors. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1992.

Contents
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Appendix A U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances

The U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances (U.S. RDAs) are a set of values developed by the Food and Drug Administration to be used as standards for the nutritional labeling of foods and dietary supplements.

TABLE A.1 U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances (U.S. RDAs)

Adults and Children Over 4 yrs.	Children Under 4 yrs.
Protein	65 g a	28 g a
Vitamins
Fat soluble
A	5,000 IU	2,500 IU
D	400 IU	400 IU
E	30 IU	10 IU
Water soluble
C	60 mg	40 mg
Thiamin	1.5 mg	0.7 mg
Riboflavin	1.7 mg	0.8 mg
Niacin	20 mg	9.0 mg
Vitamin B₆	2.0 mg	0.7 mg
Vitamin B₁₂	6 µg	3 µg
Folacin	0.4 mg	0.2 mg
Biotin	0.3 mg	0.15 mg
Pantothenic acid	10 mg	5 mg
Minerals
Calcium	1.0 g	0.8 g
Copper	2 mg	1 mg
Iodine	150 µg	70 µg
Iron	18 mg	10 mg
Magnesium	400 mg	200 mg
Phosphorus	1.0 g	0.8 g
Zinc	15 mg	8 mg

If protein efficiency ratio of protein is equal to or better than that of casein, U.S. RDA is 45 g for adults and 20 g for children under 4 years of age.

SOURCE: U.S. Food and Drug Administration.