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Dietary Reference Intakes Vitamins

 

  Vitamin C
mg/day		 Thiamin
mg/day		 Riboflavin
mg/day		 Niacin
mg/day		 Pantothenic Acid
mg/day		 Vitamin B6
mg/day		 Folate
mcg/day		 Vitamin B12
mcg/day		 Vitamin A
mcg/day		 Vitamin E
mg/day		 Vitamin K
mcg/day
Infants                      
0-6 months 40* 0.2* 0.3* 2* 1.7* 0.1* 65* 0.4* 400* 4* 2.0*
7-12 months 50* 0.3* 0.4* 4* 1.8* 0.3* 80* 0.5* 500* 5* 2.5*
Children                      
1-3 years 15 0.5 0.5 6 2* 0.5 150 0.9 300 6 30*
4-8 years 25 0.6 0.6 8 3* 0.6 200 1.2 400 7 55*
Males                      
9-13 years 45 0.9 0.9 12 4* 1.0 300 1.8 600 11 60*
14-18 years 75 1.2 1.3 16 5* 1.3 400 2.4 900 15 75*
19-30 years 90 1.2 1.3 16 5* 1.3 400 2.4 900 15 120*
31-50 years 90 1.2 1.3 16 5* 1.3 400 2.4 900 15 120*
51-70 years 90 1.2 1.3 16 5* 1.7 400 2.4 900 15 120*
> 70 years 90 1.2 1.3 16 5* 1.7 400 2.4 900 15 120*
Females                      
9-13 years 45 0.9 0.9 12 4* 1.0 300 1.8 600 11 60*
14-18 years 65 1.0 1.0 14 5* 1.2 400 2.4 700 15 75*
19-30 years 75 1.1 1.1 14 5* 1.3 400 2.4 700 15 90*
31-50 years 75 1.1 1.1 14 5* 1.3 400 2.4 700 15 90*
51-70 years 75 1.1 1.1 14 5* 1.5 400 2.4 700 15 90*
> 70 years 75 1.1 1.1 14 5* 1.5 400 2.4 700 15 90*
Pregnancy                      
14-18 years 80 1.4 1.4 18 6* 1.9 600 2.6 750 15 75*
19-30 years 85 1.4 1.4 18 6* 1.9 600 2.6 770 15 90*
31-50 years 85 1.4 1.4 18 6* 1.9 600 2.6 770 15 90*
Lactation                      
14-18 years 115 1.4 1.6 17 7* 2.0 500 2.8 1,200 19 75*
19-30 years 120 1.4 1.6 17 7* 2.0 500 2.8 1,300 19 90*
31-50 years 120 1.4 1.6 17 7* 2.0 500 2.8 1,300 19 90*

In this table RDA values are in bold type and AI values in ordinary type followed by an asterisk (*).

g = grams
mg = miligrams
mcg = micrograms

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Values are from Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorous, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride (1997); Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline (1998); Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium, and Carotenoids (2000) and Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Arsenic, Boron, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silicon, Vanadium, and Zinc (2001). You can view these reports at The National Academies Press.

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