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Dietary Intake
Dietary Intake (Human Nutrition · Magnesium) — "The RDAs for magnesium for adults between ages nineteen and thirty are 400 milligrams per day for males and 310…
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- Dietary Reference Intakes for magnesium
- Recommended dietary allowances for adults
- Adults aged 19–30: 400 mg/day for males
- Adults aged 19–30: 310 mg/day for females
- Adults over age 30: 420 mg/day for males
- Adults over age 30: 320 mg/day for females
- Age-specific reference table
- Infants aged 0–6 months: RDA 30 mg/day; UL unavailable
- Infants aged 6–12 months: RDA 75 mg/day; UL unavailable
- Children aged 1–3 years: RDA 80 mg/day; UL 65 mg/day
- Children aged 4–8 years: RDA 130 mg/day; UL 110 mg/day
- Children aged 9–13 years: RDA 240 mg/day; UL 350 mg/day
- Adolescents aged 14–18 years: RDA 410 mg/day; UL 350 mg/day
- Adults aged 19–30 years: RDA 400 mg/day; UL 350 mg/day
- Adults over age 30: RDA 420 mg/day; UL 350 mg/day
- An asterisk indicates Adequate Intake rather than an RDA
- Source: Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Magnesium, National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements
- Source updated July 13, 2009; accessed November 12