Dietary Reference Intake For Water

National academies press 2005.

Dietary reference intake for water. If you do any activity that makes you sweat you need to drink extra water to cover the fluid loss. The reference values for total water intake include water from drinking water beverages of all kind and from food moisture and only apply to conditions of moderate environmental temperature and moderate physical activity levels pal 1 6. Hot or humid weather can make you sweat and requires additional fluid.

Please note that individual requirements may be higher or lower than the dris. Electrolytes and water nutrient function life stage group ai ula selected food sources adverse effects of excessive. Institute of medicine panel on dietary reference intakes for electrolytes and water standing committee on the scientific evaluation of dietary reference intakes washington d c.

Solid foods contribute approximately 20 of total water intake or about 700 800 ml nns 1995. The remainder of the dietary intake comes from free water and or other fluids nhmrc 2003. Ais for infants in the first half of the first year of life are estimated to be 100 190 ml kg per day.

Dietary reference intakes for vitamins a k and trace elements. The dietary reference intakes dris are developed and published by the institute of medicine iom. 1 these intakes are higher than the average intake of 2 2 liters.

This new report the sixth in a series of reports presenting dietary reference values for the intakes of nutrients by. It s important to drink water before during and after a workout. An additional 250 ml or so of water is also made available to the body from metabolism water of oxidation.

Dietary gain of water. The dris represent the most current scientific knowledge on nutrient needs of healthy populations. The food and nutrition board of the institute of medicine iom has set the adequate intake ai for water for adult males at 3 7 liters 15 6 cups and at 2 7 liters 11 cups for adult females.