Chromium intake, absorption and excretion of subjects consuming self-selected diets
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Chromium (Cr) content of the self-selected diets of 10 adult males and 22 females was determined. Each subject collected duplicate food and beverage samples on a daily basis for seven consecutive days. The 7-day average intake for males was 33 +/- 3 micrograms (mean +/- SEM), range 22-48 micrograms, and intake for females was 25 +/- 1, range 13-36. Mean Cr intake per 1000 cal was approximately 15 micrograms. Approximately 90% of the diets analyzed were below the minimum suggested safe and adequate daily intake for Cr of 50 micrograms. Chromium absorption was inversely related to dietary intake; absorption at a dietary Cr intake of 10 micrograms was approximately 2% and, with increasing intake to 40 micrograms, Cr absorption decreased to 0.5%. These data demonstrate that the average daily intake of chromium from self-selected diets is well below the minimum suggested safe and adequate intake and that Cr absorption, at levels found in typical US diets, is inversely related to dietary intake.
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Dietary intake of chromium is typically suboptimal as few diets contain even the minimum of 50 mcg.
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- Authors
- Anderson, R., & Kozlovsky, A.
- Corresponding author
- Anderson, RA
- Venue
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1985-06
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1177-1183
- ISSN
- 0002-9165 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2144327256
- Cited by
- 369
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- FWCI
- 4.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Trace Elements in Health
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Chromium effects and bioremediation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Keywords
- chromium, chromium absorption, self-selected diet, trace element nutrition
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Beverages, Chromium, Diet, Female, Food Analysis, Humans, Intestinal Absorption, Male, Middle Aged, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
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