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Toxicity Considerations When Revising the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations

Brittmarie Sandström

Research Department of Human Nutrition, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Nordic countries have issued common nutrition recommendations since 1980. In connection with the 3rd revision, a joint working group of nutritionists and toxicologists assessed the toxicology of selected trace elements. Values for upper limits of intake were established for iron, zinc, iodine and selenium. The safety factors between the lowest intakes at which adverse effects had been reported and the suggested upper limits of intake were small. In the toxicological evaluation of upper safe intake levels of essential trace elements, interactions between trace elements as well as long-term exposure to moderately elevated trace element intakes have to be considered.

Key words: Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, humans, trace elements, interactions, overload.

The Journal of Nutrition Vol. 128 No. 2 February 1998, pp. 372S-374S
Copyright ©1998 by the American Society for Nutritional Sciences






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