Making reference to common dieting plans, OMS recommended "a minimum intake of 1,500 Kcalories/day, recognizing that intakes of 1,000 kcal/day are safe and sustainable for weeks on end".
For adults, a minimum intake of 600 grams per day (approximately equivalent to seven 'serves') of fruits and vegetables is estimated to prevent heart disease, stroke and cancer [1], but more than 2.7 million people die each year from inadequate consumption [2].
Mean intake at baseline was already close to the, in The Netherlands, recommended minimum intake of 150 g/day.
Because water needs vary considerably, they concluded that a minimum intake of water could not be set [ 36].
32 More recent European guidelines recommend a minimum intake of 800 IU per day to reduce fracture risk.
There was quite a large range in intake in the 14 food groups, with a minimum intake of zero for each of the food groups.
The proportion of children and adolescents assessed as "high chronic consumers" (minimum intake of 4-5 energy drinks per week) was 16% (average intake 0.95 L/week) and 12% (average intake 7 L/month), respectively.
A minimum intake of 1000 1200 mg of dietary and supplemental calcium and 400 1000 units of vitamin D is recommended for osteoporosis prevention/treatment (Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes 1997; Dawson-Hughes et al 2005; National Osteoporosis Foundation 2007).
Other recommendations in the literature suggest a lower daily minimum intake of 350 mg for men and 280 300 mg magnesium for women (355 mg during pregnancy and lactation) [ 2, 7, 10, 18].
A recent report on dietary intake of ω3/ ω6 from the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids specifically recommended the following proportions: linoleic acid intake (2 energy %) and α-linolenic acid intake (0.7 energy %), but a minimum intake of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid combined (500 mg/d) for optimum cardiovascular health [ 42].
