a. What is the recommended Daily intake of RDI for niacin? b) Create a list of foods that contains niacin?Vitamin B3 also known as niacin helps maintain the normal function of the skin, nerves and digestive system. The disease pellagra results from a severe niacin deficiency. Niacin has the following formula: C6H5O2. Often tablets contain vitamin B3 in the form of niacinamide C6H6N2O which is easier to absorb.
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http://www.medicalonline.com.au/medical/nutrition/rdi.htm
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Niacin can be formed in the body from tryptophan, an essential amino acid found in meat, poultry, fish, and eggs. Therefore, if your diet contains these foods, your need for niacin from other sources will be reduced
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aReference Values for Niacin
Current RDI1 is 20mg
Age
(years) RDA2
(mg NE) DRI3
RDA (mg NE) UL (mg NE)
Children 1- 3 9 6 10
4- 6 12
4- 8 8 15
7-10 13
Males 9-13 12 20
11-14 17
14-18 16 30
15-18 20
19-50 19 16 35
51+ 15 16 35
Females 9-13 12
11-14 15
14-18 14
15-18 15
19-50 15 14 35
51+ 13 14 35
pregnant all 17 18 35
lactating all 20 17 35
b Beef liver, 3.5 oz cooked14.4
Peanuts, 1/2 cup 10.5
Chicken, white meat, cooked13.4
Tuna, canned in water, 3 oz11.8
Salmon, 3.5 oz cooked 8.0
Corn grits, instant, 1 pkt 6.8
Ground beef, 3.5 oz cooked 5.3
Cheerios, 1 cup 5.0
Peanut butter, 2 Tbl 4.4
Almonds, 1/2 cup 1.4
Potato, baked with skin 3.3
Bagel, plain, 2.5 oz 3.3
Flour tortilla, 10" 2.6
Pasta, 1 cup cooked 2.3
Mushrooms, raw, 1/2 cup 1.7
Barley, 1/2 cup cooked 1.6
Corn, yellow, 1/2 cup 1.3
Mango, 1 medium 1.5
Lentils, 1/2 cup cooked 1.4
Sweet potatoes, 1/2 cooked 1.2
Peach, raw, medium .9
Carrot, raw, medium .7
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