UNIVERSITY OF CEBU- LAPULAPU AND MANDAUE

A.C CORTES AVENUE, LOOC, MANDAUE CITY

RESOURCE UNIT on NCM 105

ADEQUATE INTAKE AND TOLERABLE UPPER INTAKE LEVELS

Submitted by:

Jomil B. Esmalin

Submitted to:

Welkenie D. Austria RN, MAN

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Overview

Adequate Intake (AI) is the recommended average daily intake https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221374/?

level based on observed or experimentally determined fbclid=IwAR13ocQbqrz6YEoQt3pYBlOkD1qh34EI_jR
approximations or estimates of nutrient intake by a group (or VUWH-DskeYn04388_PqNlA6s
groups) of apparently healthy people that are assumed to be
adequate – used when an RDA cannot be determined.

Lecture/ Discussion

https://ods.od.nih.gov/pubs/conferences/tolerable_
Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL) is the highest level of nutrient
upper_intake.pdf
intake that is like to pose no risk of adverse health effects for
almost individuals in the general population. As intake increases
above the UL, the risk of adverse effects increases.

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Adequate Intake

An AI is set when scientific evidence is not sufficient to establish

an EAR and RDA. Under these circumstances the AI is the target
that is used for planning individual diets. Although greater
uncertainty exists in determining the probability of inadequacy https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221374/?
for a nutrient with an AI than for a nutrient with an RDA, the AI fbclid=IwAR13ocQbqrz6YEoQt3pYBlOkD1qh34EI_jR
Lecture/ Discussion
provides a useful basis for planning. However, the probability of VUWH-DskeYn04388_PqNlA6s
inadequacy associated with a failure to achieve the AI is
unknown. Unlike a nutrient with an EAR and an RDA, it is not
possible to select a level of intake relative to the AI with a known
probability of inadequacy.

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Tolerable Upper Intake
Level

A UL also is provided for many nutrients. The UL is the highest

level of chronic daily nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk
of adverse health effects to almost all individuals in the specified https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK221374/?
life stage and gender group. In general, intakes from food, fbclid=IwAR13ocQbqrz6YEoQt3pYBlOkD1qh34EI_jR
supplements, and other sources (such as water) should be Lecture/ Discussion
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planned so that the UL is not exceeded. The UL is not a
recommended level of intake, but an amount that can be
tolerated biologically, with no apparent risk of adverse effects, by
almost everyone. Risk to the individual is minimized by diets and
practices that provide levels of nutrients below the UL, and thus
when planning individual diets, the UL should not be exceeded.

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Tolerable Upper Intake
Level

https://www.nal.usda.gov/sites/default/files/fnic_up
loads/DRIEssentialGuideNutReq.pdf?
Relationship between Dietary Reference Intakes. Lecture/ Discussion
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This figure shows that the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) NM80NMiN3xeAyOjyzYlQK_6g
is the intake at which the risk of inadequacy is 0.5 (50 percent)
to an individual. The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) is
the intake at which the risk of inadequacy is very small—only
0.02 to 0.03 (2 to 3 percent). The Adequate Intake (AI) does not
bear a consistent relationship to the EAR or the RDA because it is
set without the estimate of the requirement. At intakes between
the RDA and the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL), the risks of
inadequacy and of excess are both close to zero. At intakes
above the UL, the risk of adverse effects may increase.

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Questions ________1.It is used when an RDA cannot be determined.
-(Adequate Intake)

________2. Highest level of nutrient intake that is likely to pose

no risk of adverse health effects.
-(Tolerable Upper Intake Levels)

________3.The recommended average daily intake level based

on observed or experimentally determined approximations or
estimates of nutrient intake by a group/groups of healthy people.
-(Adequate Intake)
Question and Answer

4. As intakes increases above the UL, the risk of adverse effect

may _____.
-(Increase)

5.The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the _____ average daily

nutrient intake level likely to pose no risk of adverse health
effects.
-(Highest)

________6.If sufficient scientific evidence is not available to

calculate an EAR, what DRI standards should be set?
-(Adequate Intake)
7.At intakes between the RDA and UL, the risks to the individual
of inadequacy and of excess are both close to?
A. One B. Three C. Zero
-(C. Zero)

8.The UL is ______ to be a recommended level of intake.

A. not intended B. intended
-(A. not intended)

9. When planning individual diets, the UL should not be?

A. less than B. exceeded C. equa
-(B. exceeded)

10. Adequate Intake is used when ______ cannot be

determined.
-(Recommended Dietary Allowance)