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In addition to the RDAs, the Food and Nutrition Board has created an Adequate Intake (AI) for eight nutrients considered necessary for good health, even though nobody really knows exactly how much your body needs. Not to worry: Sooner or later, some smart nutrition researcher will come up with a hard number and move the nutrient to the RDA list.

You can find the AIs for biotin, choline, and pantothenic acid in Chapter 10, along with the requirements for other vitamins. The AIs for the minerals calcium, chromium, molybdenum, and manganese are in Chapter 11 with the other dietary minerals.