DRI Nutrient Reports

The Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) are developed and published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The DRIs represent the most current scientific knowledge on nutrient needs of healthy populations. Please note that individual requirements may be higher or lower than the DRIs.

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 Report Highlights and full report: Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium, a National Academies committee review of the current evidence.  This publication updates the DRIs for potassium and sodium that were established in 2005. 

Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D provides reference intake values for these two nutrients. The report updates the DRI values defined in Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride, the 1997 study from the Institute of Medicine.

Read a summary of all 8 volumes of the DRIs, organized by nutrient, which reviews function in the body, food sources, usual dietary intakes, and effects of deficiencies and excessive intakes.

Note: Information for Vitamin D and Calcium has been updated since this report. Updated information can be found at the top of this page.