CRN safe nutrient intake
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Vitamin and Mineral Safety 2nd Edition provides "supportable data" on safe levels of vitamin and mineral intake that is "far preferable" to Recommended Daily Allowances at a time when Codex Alimentarius is debating science-based standards for supplement regulation, the Council for Responsible Nutrition announces July 30. The publication is a quantitative risk assessment meant to "identify the highest chronic supplemental intake of vitamins and minerals that can be confidently asserted to pose no risk for the majority of the normal adult population," according to author John Hathcock, PhD, VP-scientific & international affairs, who also wrote the first edition in 1997 (1"The Tan Sheet" July 28, 1997)...
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