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Most people get enough calcium and the "sunshine vitamin," and an expert panel cautions against taking too much of the nutrients
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The report also offered new recommendations for daily calcium intake:
• Ages 1 to 3: recommended dietary allowance 700 mg/day (no more than 2,500 mg/day)
• Ages 4 to 8: recommended dietary allowance 1,000 mg/day (no more than 2,500 mg/day)
• Ages 9 to 18: recommended dietary allowance 1,300 mg/day (no more than 3,000 mg/day)
• Ages 19 to 50: recommended dietary allowance 1,000 mg/day (no more than 2,500 mg/day)
• Ages 51 and over: recommended dietary allowance 1,200 mg/day for all except men ages 51-70 who need only 1,000 mg/day (no more than 2,000 mg/day)Adolescent girls ages 9 to 18 were the only group found to be lacking in either nutrient, and the committee recommended they needed to consume more calcium.
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