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Optimum Daily Allowance


Optimum Daily Allowance vs. Recommended Daily Allowance you need to know the difference when it comes to antiaging.

When you go to a store and look at products such as vitamin and mineral supplements, you will notice that there is something called the Recommended Daily Allowance. This is a guideline that tells you the amount of each vitamin and mineral that you should be ingesting on a daily basis. But what you may not know is that the RDA is the bare minimum. The optimum daily allowance is the new standards for vitamins and minerals if you want to get the most out of your supplements, including anti-aging effects.

The reason that the optimum daily allowance is larger than the recommended daily allowance is because the RDA on takes into consideration of the amount of vitamins and minerals that are needed on a daily basis in order to prevent diseases such as rickets or scurvy. If you want to take it up a notch and help to prevent more devastating diseases such as cancer and heart disease (plus anti-aging properties), you will want to follow the optimal daily allowance instead.

Here are a few examples of the difference in RDA versus ODA:

  • Magnesium: RDA = 350mg, ODA = 400-600mg
  • Vitamin B12: RDA = 3mcg, ODA = 10-100mcg
  • Vitamin C: RDA = 85mg, ODA = 250-3000mg
  • Vitamin E: RDA = 15 IU, ODA = 50-800 IU

You can find the conversions for all of the vitamins and minerals that are available in daily supplements. These ranges for the ODA are a safe range of the amount of that particular vitamin or mineral that you can take each day. This range does no include those amounts that a pregnant or lactating woman would need. For those numbers, you will need to seek the opinion of your doctor. These ODA amounts are specifically for healthy individuals that are not pregnant, lactating, or on other prescription drugs.

The ODA is also for people who want to get more out of their vitamin supplements. The RDA will help prevent disease, but the ODA is for people who are looking for cancer prevention and anti-aging properties from their vitamins and minerals. The ODA levels have been studied and tested by researchers and healthcare practitioners that focus on nutritional medicine. They have all found that the ODA is a way to longevity and better health in individuals. Since this has not been recommended by any official government agency, you will not find ODA numbers on your supplement bottles. There are a couple of limits as to the maximum amount of vitamins C and E that have been set by the National Academy of Science.

There is really no need to take more than the optimum daily allowance for people, since this already well exceeds the levels that are specified by the RDA. And unless you are being treated by a professional for specific conditions, or the prevention of them, you will not need to exceed the ODA. Because of potential side effects in certain people, you should not exceed the optimum daily allowance unless otherwise under the care of a doctor.


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