•UK Safe Upper Levels (SULs) Guidance Levels (GLs) “are the doses of vitamins and minerals that
susceptible individuals could take daily on a life-long basis, without medical
supervision.”
Single figure, applies to adults
only, based on 60 kg female
Total Safe Intakes (TSIs) are set for
retinol and some trace elements
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•US Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs)
Range of figures
depending upon age and sex
“is the highest average
daily nutrient intake level likely to pose no risk of adverse effects for nearly all people in a
particular group”
Based on total intake
from food, water and supplements
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•EU Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL)
“the maximum level of
total chronic daily intake of a nutrient (from all sources) judged to be unlikely to pose a risk of adverse
effects”.
ULs vary with age and
sex and exclude “those under medical supervision
and certain disease states” but includes “sensitive individuals”