Katie has just completed a dietary analysis of the foods she ate for three days and the multivitamin and mineral supplement she takes every morning. As a result of doing this assignment, Katie now has a pretty good idea of the amount of each nutrient she consumes per day. Because she takes a supplement, some of her totals exceeded the RDAs. Which of the following information would be most helpful in determining if she is consuming too much of a nutrient?

A) Adequate Intake (AI)
B) Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL)
C) Daily Values (DV)
D) Daily Reference Intakes (DRI)


Ans: B) Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL)

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