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Recommendation for vitamin D intake was miscalculated, is far too low, experts say
Researchers are challenging the intake of vitamin D recommended by the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine saying their Recommended Dietary Allowance for vitamin D underestimates the need by a factor of ten.
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The recommended intake of vitamin D specified by the IOM is 600
IU/day through age 70 years, and 800 IU/day for older ages.
"Calculations by us and other researchers have shown that these doses
are only about one-tenth those needed to cut incidence of diseases
related to vitamin D deficiency," Garland explained.
Robert Heaney, M.D., of Creighton University wrote: "We call for the
NAS-IOM and all public health authorities concerned with transmitting
accurate nutritional information to the public to designate, as the RDA,
a value of approximately 7,000 IU/day from all sources."