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Title: Selenium, Chromium, and Vitamin D: What Dietitians Need to Know Regarding Dietary Supplements

Author
item Roseland, Janet
item Holden, Joanne
item ANDREWS, K - JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV
item ZHAO, C - JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV
item MIDDLETON, A - JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV
item FEINBERG, M - JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV
item DOUGLASS, L - UNIV MARYLAND
item DWYER, J - OFFICE DIETARY SUPPL-NIH
item PICCIANO, M - OFFICE DIETARY SUPPL-NIH

Submitted to: American Dietetic Association
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/20/2008
Publication Date: 10/26/2008
Citation: Roseland, J.M., Holden, J.M., Andrews, K., Zhao, C., Middleton, A., Feinberg, M., Douglass, L., Dwyer, J., Picciano, M. 2008. Selenium, chromium, and vitamin D: what dietitians need to know regarding dietary supplements. American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo, October 26, 2008, Chicago, Illinois.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Accurate nutrient data for dietary supplement composition are essential for determining supplements’ contribution to total dietary intake. To plan a nationwide adult multivitamin/mineral (MVM) study, the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) obtained prevalence information for the most common labeled levels and ranges of Se, Cr, Vitamin D, and other priority nutrients for adult MVM products, using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. This information was used as the basis for developing a sampling plan that would include representative adult MVM products at specific nutrient levels to provide a range of data for conducting regression analysis. This year, a preliminary data release of adult MVM composition information will be available for researcher use to evaluate diet and health interrelationships in the U.S. population. The Office of Dietary Supplements and NDL have been collaborating on this work. The publicly available database at NDL, the Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database (DSID), will complement the nutrient database for foods known as the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. The DSID will ultimately permit more accurate estimates of total nutrient intake to include both food and supplements and will permit the assessment of variability among and within supplement products.