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Summary Table: Estimated Average Requirements
Pages 282-283

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... . 1 DFE = 1 ,ug food folate = 0.6 ,ug of folic acid from fortified food or as a supplement consumed with food = 0.5 ,ug of a supplement taken on an empty stomach.
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... oc-Tocopherol includes RRR-oc-tocopherol, the only form of oc-tocopherol that occurs naturally in foods, and the 2Rstereoisomeric forms of oc-tocopherol (RRR-, RSR, Rod, and RSS-oc-tocopherol) that occur in fortified foods and supplements.
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Key Terms

  • estimated average
  • average requirements
  • fortified foods
  • pantothenic acid
  • dietary allowances

  • includes rrr
  • folic acid
  • calculating recommended
  • population intakes
  • supplement consumed

  • fortified food
  • reference intake
  • recommended dietary
  • assessing adequacy
  • occurs naturally

  • national academy
  • empty stomach
  • food folate
  • dietary folate
  • niacin equivalents

  • folate equivalents


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