Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids

This volume is the newest release in the authoritative series of quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes to be used for planning and assessing diets for healthy people. Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) is the newest framework for an expanded approach developed by U.S. and Canadian scientists.This book discusses in detail the role of vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, and the carotenoids in human physiology and health. For each nutrient the committee presents what is known about how it functions in the human body, which factors may affect how it works, and how the nutrient may be related to chronic disease.Dietary Reference Intakes provides reference intakes, such as Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs), for use in planning nutritionally adequate diets for different groups based on age and gender, along with a new reference intake, the Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL), designed to assist an individual in knowing how much is "too much" of a nutrient.Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1 Introduction to Dietary Reference Intakes2 Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and •-Carotene and Other Carotenoids: Overview, Antioxidant Definition, and Relationship to Chronic Disease3 Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and •-Carotene and Other Carotenoids: Methods4 A Model for the Development of Tolerable Upper Intake Levels for Nutrients5 Vitamin C6 Vitamin E7 Selenium8 •-Carotene and Other Carotenoids9 Uses of Dietary Reference Intakes10 A Research AgendaA Origin and Framework of the Development of Dietary Reference IntakesB AcknowledgmentsC Dietary Intake Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988–1994D Dietary Intake Data from the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII), 1994–1996E Canadian Dietary Intake Data, 1993, 1995F Serum Values from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988–1994G Options for Dealing with UncertaintiesH Glossary and AcronymsI Biographical Sketches of Panel and Subcommittee MembersIndex