Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin and Choline.

Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin and Choline.

For each nutrient this helpful reference presents what is known about how the nutrient functions in the human body, what the best method is to determine its requirements, which factors (caffeine or exercise, for example) may affect how it works, and how the nutrient may be related to chronic disease...

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Corporate Authors: Institute of Medicine Staff (Author), Food and Nutrition Board Staff (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press June 2000.
Subjects:
Vitamin B in human nutrition.
Reference values (Medicine)
Vitamin B in human nutrition
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter; Preface; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction to Dietary Reference Intakes; 2 The B Vitamins and Choline: Overview and Methods; 3 A Model for the Development of Tolerable Upper Intake Levels; 4 Thiamin; 5 Riboflavin; 6 Niacin; 7 Vitamin B6; 8 Folate; 9 Vitamin B12; 10 Pantothenic Acid; 11 Biotin; 12 Choline; 13 Uses of Dietary Reference Intakes; 14 A Research Agenda; A Origin and Framework of the Development of Dietary Reference Intakes; B Acknowledgments; C Système International d'Unités; D Search Strategies
  • E Methodological Problems Associated with Laboratory Values and Food Composition Data for B VitaminsF Dietary Intake Data from the Boston Nutritional Status Survey, 1981-1984; G Dietary Intake Data from the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII), 1994-1995; H Dietary Intake Data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988-1994; I Daily Intakes of B Vitamins by Canadian Men and Women, 1990, 1993; J Options for Dealing with Uncertainties in Developing Tolerable Upper Intake Levels
  • K Blood Concentrations of Folate and Vitamin B12 from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988-1994L Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase; M Evidence from Animal Studies on the Etiology of Neural Tube Defects; N Estimation of the Period Covered by Vitamin B12 Stores; O Biographical Sketches; P Glossary and Abbreviations; Index

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