![]() ![]() The Daily Values for protein vary for different groups of people: pregnant women, 60 g nursing mothers, 65 g infants under 1 year, 14 g children 1 to 4 years, 16 g. bĮquivalent values for nutrients expressed as IU are: vitamin A, 1500 RAE (assumes a mixture of 40% retinol and 60% beta-carotene) vitamin D, 10 g vitamin E, 20 mg. GLOSSARY OF NUTRIENT MEASURES kcal: kcalories a unit by which energy is measured (Chapter 1 provides more details). g: grams a unit of weight equivalent to about 0.03 ounces. IU: international units an old measure of vitamin activity determined by biological methods (as opposed to new measures that are determined by direct chemical analyses). Many fortified foods and supplements use IU on their labels.For vitamin A, 1 IU ⫽ 0.3 µg retinol, 3.6 µg -carotene, or 7.2 µg other vitamin A carotenoids.For vitamin E, 1 IU ⫽ 0.67 natural ␣-tocopherol (other conversion factors are used for different forms of vitamin E).For vitamin D, 1 IU ⫽ 0.025 µg cholecalciferol. mg NE: milligrams niacin equivalents a measure of niacin activity (Chapter 10 provides more details). Μg DFE: micrograms dietary folate equivalents a measure of folate activity (Chapter 10 provides more details). ⫽ 0.6 µg fortified food or supplement folate. ![]() ⫽ 0.5 µg supplement folate taken on an empty stomach. ![]() g RAE: micrograms retinol activity equivalents a measure of vitamin A activity (Chapter 11 provides more details). mmol: millimoles one-thousanth of a mole, the molecular weight of a substance. For sodium chloride, mmol ⫻ 58.5 ⫽ mg NaC|.Ībout the Author JUDITH E.To convert mmol to mg, multiply by the atomic weight of the substance. BROWN is Professor Emerita of Nutrition at the School of Public Health, and of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Minnesota. In human nutrition from Florida State University and her M.P.H. ![]()
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