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Table 2 Micronutrient Sufficiency Comparisons - 100% Sufficiency for 27 Micronutrients

From: Prevalence of micronutrient deficiency in popular diet plans

MICRONUTRIENTS

% Reference Daily Intake (RDI)

  
 

SB

AFL

DASH

BL

AVERAGE

VITAMIN A

5920%

5354%

4042%

1380%

4174%

VITAMIN B1

1155%

3293%

1839%

1567%

1964%

VITAMIN B2

1446%

2307%

2434%

1738%

1981%

VITAMIN B3

1689%

3061%

2144%

1009%

1976%

VITAMIN B5

719%

1272%

1046%

628%

916%

VITAMIN B6

1499%

3162%

2459%

2272%

2348%

VITAMIN B7

100%

117%

195%

109%

130%

VITAMIN B9

1312%

3101%

2130%

1607%

2038%

VITAMIN B12

1311%

3688%

1298%

1842%

2035%

VITAMIN C

4434%

6826%

2696%

2444%

4100%

VITAMIN D

1062%

2712%

864%

541%

1295%

VITAMIN E

334%

404%

895%

409%

511%

VITAMIN K

5364%

3449%

7125%

2071%

4502%

CHOLINE

797%

1286%

726%

535%

836%

CALCIUM

1246%

1779%

2195%

1401%

1655%

CHROMIUM

113%

100%

100%

129%

111%

COPPER

763%

1453%

1748%

1309%

1318%

IRON

743%

1806%

1528%

1270%

1337%

IODINE

416%

425%

656%

100%

399%

POTASSIUM

896%

1389%

1400%

943%

1157%

MAGNESIUM

871%

1723%

2173%

1585%

1588%

MANGANESE

1174%

3601%

5778%

3656%

3552%

MOLYBDENUM

532%

1084%

541%

638%

699%

SODIUM

1582%

1350%

1501%

1139%

1393%

PHOSPHORUS

2015%

3345%

3298%

2216%

2719%

SELENIUM

3121%

3399%

2976%

2295%

2948%

ZINC

841%

2381%

1394%

1069%

1421%

Total Calories

18800

37500

33500

20500

27575

# of Deficient Micronutrients

0

0

0

0

0

Sufficiency Percentage

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

  1. South Beach (SB), Atkins For Life (AFL), DASH diet (DASH), Best Life (BL)