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What's the difference?(Recommended daily allowance)(Brief Article)
You know those Nutrition Facts labels that appear on every can, jar and box of food in your cupboard? Well, they also appear on vitamin (and other supplement) bottles, and while they are supposed to make it easier to understand whether you're getting all the good stuff you need, it's still difficult to sort out the jargon. Here, Roberta Anding, MS, RD, gives you a crash course in the alphabet soup surrounding vitamins and minerals.
RDA: Recommended Dietary Allowance. This is the amount needed to meet the requirements of 98 percent of the population.
AI: Adequate Intake. If there's no RDA for a certain nutrient, this value will be used instead.
UL: Tolerable Upper Limit. This is the maximum amount of a ...
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