[Tolerable upper intake level on vitamins and minerals].

Scientific Committee on Food Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies TOLERABLE UPPER INTAKE LEVELS FOR VITAMINS AND MINERALS

A safe strategy for addition of vitamins and minerals to foods.

Addition of vitamins and minerals to foods must be done without health risk to any consumer group. International expert groups have aimed at establishing tolerable upper intake levels (ULs) for vitamins and minerals although lack of solid data on their safety is a major obstacle to this work. In this paper, we summarize the existing ULs and suggest the use of guidance levels (GLs) set by others...

Recommended energy and nutrients intakes in the European Union: 2008-2016

The aim of this document is to refl ect the changes happened in the European Union legislation and the opinions of the European Food Safety Authority in relation to the nutritional labeling on food, the reference values for energy, macronutrients and micronutrients, and the tolerable upper safe levels. The European legislation in force uses the labeling reference values established by the Scien...

Vitamins and minerals: a model for safe addition to foods.

BACKGROUND Significant subgroups in most European populations have intakes below nationally recommended levels for several vitamins, minerals and trace elements, placing individuals at risk of suboptimal intake of important vitamins and minerals. The voluntary addition of micronutrients to the appropriate foods may help address the risks associated with low micronutrient intakes. However, conce...

Hydrosoluble Vitamins and Sport

Vitamins are organic substances needed for normal cell functioning in the human body, and therefore human health. People who train sports require an optimal psychophysical performance in order to achieve the best sports results. Athletes’ needs for vitamins may be higher than in general population, also they are taking vitamin supplements more often than other people. Thus, it is very important...