•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”