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What is the Recommended Dietary Allowance for vitamin A?

April 26, 2017allowance dietary recommended vitamin a

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What is the Recommended Dietary Allowance for vitamin A?

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The latest recommendations for vitamin A are given in the Dietary Reference Intakes developed by the Institute of Medicine. Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) is the umbrella term for a group of reference values used for planning and assessing diets for healthy people. One of those references values, the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), is the average daily dietary intake level sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all (97-98%) healthy individuals in each age and gender group (1). RDAs for vitamin A are listed as Retinol Activity Equivalents (RAE) to account for the different activities of retinol and provitamin A carotenoids. In the table below, RDAs are also listed in International Units (IU) because food and some supplement labels list vitamin A content in International Units (1 RAE in micrograms (ug) = 3.3 IU).