I'm interested in finding a data base with most of the human body nutritional needs according to gender and age. Can anybody recommend one?
Look in this page: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/DietaryGuidelines/2010/PolicyDoc/PolicyDoc.pdf . In 76 page. I hope you serve.
If no you seve, look those references:
Otten JJ, Hellwig JP, Meyers LD, Institute of Medicine. Dietary reference intakes: the essential guide to nutrient requeriments. 1 ed. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press; 2006.
Cuervo M, Corbalán M, Baladía E, Cabrerizo L, Formiguera X, Iglesias C, et al. Comparativa de las Ingestas Dietéticas de Referencia (IDR) de los diferentes países de la Unión Europea, de Estados Unidos (EEUU) y de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). Nutr Hosp 2009; 24: 384-414
Might be helpful
United States:
http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/dietary-guidance/dietary-reference-intakes/dri-tables
United Kingdom:
http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/documents/scientificbas_nutreduc.pdf
Dietary Reference Values for Food Energy and Nutrients for the United Kingdom.
Report of the Panel on Dietary Reference Values. Report on Health and Social
Subjects No 41. DH HMSO 1991.
Hi! You can find Italian RDA at http://www.sinu.it/pubblicazioni.asp!
You may find South African dietary reference intakes here: http://sun025.sun.ac.za/portal/page/portal/Health_Sciences/English/Centres%20and%20Institutions/Nicus/Dietary%20_Reference_Intakes
You are not specific about location or population. As the previous responses indicate, you are likely to find a different database for most countries.
Australian and New Zealand Nutrient Reference Values (containing RDI, AI, EAR and UL values) here www.nrv.gov.au
Angelo, I doubt very much whether you will find what you are looking for. The various countries' RDAs are based more on unsupported dogma that on science, which is why they don't all agree with each other.
The amounts of any one nutrient are bound to differ among people of different weight, different latitudes, different energy expenditures, different stress levels, different altitudes, different climates . . . . That said, our bodies are the best controllers of the level of any nutrient - so long as they are left to get on with the job without interference from a largely avaricious but incompetent health industry, and are fed a species-specific, nutrient dense diet.
Barry, Thanks for your answer. I understand what you are saying, but, what else could be use from the advice side to star taking some small steps toward that self awareness/regulatory mechanism you describe? would you agree that using this generalized data is better than just ignored it?
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