5.9 TABLE 5.2: RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES FOR MEN AND -WOMEN (18-35 years) IN THE UNITED STATES Minerals Calcium . 8 gm Vitamin A 5000 I.U. Iron 10 mg Vitamin Bl 1 mg Phosphorus 1. 2 gm Vitamin B2 1. 2 mg Iodine .15-.30 mg Vitamin D 400 USP units Copper 2 mg Thiamine 1. 2 mg Magnesium 300 mg Riboflavin 1. 7 mg Zinc traces Niacin 19 mg Manganese traces Ascorbic acid 70 mg Modybdenum traces Potassium 2 gm Calories 2900 Protein 70 gm Salt 5 gm Water 2.5 liters From The Heinz Handbook of Nutrition, Benjamin T. Burton, McGrawHill Book Company (New York, 1965), pp. 115-140. (Some data from the book's Table 22, p. 138: Food and Nutrition Board, National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Recommended Daily Dietary Allowances, Revised 1963.)
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