Recommended Dietary Intake (RDI): Recommended dietary intake. The amount of a nutrient necessary to prevent deficiency symptoms (Australia) or Reference daily intakes, a new term used to refer to the US RDAs (see US RDA).

 

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Recommended Dietary Intake (RDI): Recommended dietary intake. The amount of a nutrient necessary to prevent deficiency symptoms (Australia) or Reference daily intakes, a new term used to refer to the US RDAs (see US RDA).

Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA): Recommended dietary allowance. The amount of a nutrient necessary to prevent deficiency symptoms (USA old definition). The dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrients requi . . . View Full Definition

Recommended Dietary Allowances (Rdas): Levels of essential nutrients that, on the basis of scientific knowledge, are judged by the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB of the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences), t . . . View Full Definition

Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA): Recommended portion of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals that should be included in the daily diet. It helps to maintain health and prevent disease.

Valves (Intake and Exhaust): Poppet valves within a four-stroke cylinder head that open and close to allow fuel/air into the combustion chamber, and open and close to vent the burned gas. Four-valve cylinder heads can m . . . View Full Definition

RAM-Air Intake Ducts: Inlets in the front of the fairing, connected to ducts leading to the airbox, force fresh, cool air into the intake system, creating a supercharging effect.

Dietary Reference Intake (DRI): A new set of dietary guidelines that provide sets of measures for each nutrient, including Adequate Intake (AI), Estimated Average Requirements (EAR), Torerable Upper Intake Level (UL) and R . . . View Full Definition

Dietary Supplements: Defined by law as a vitamin, mineral, herb, botanical, an amino acid, a dietary substance added to supplement the diet to increase the total dietary intake, or concentrate, metabolite, const . . . View Full Definition

Intake: The stage of the CPS case process where the CPS caseworker screens and accepts reports of child maltreatment.

Parallel Plate Intake: Intake of a stilling or protective well with two parallel plates attached below. The plates are typically three times the diameter of the well and are spaced three inches apart. The plates a . . . View Full Definition