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B: Military Recommended Dietary Allowances (AR 40-25, 1985: Chapters 1 and 2)
B: Military Recommended Dietary Allowances (AR 40-25, 1985: Chapters 1 and 2)
Pages 93-106
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B agility Recommended Piety Allowances (AR 40-25' 1 985: Cars 1 ad 2)
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1 his re~lationa. Provides a current statement of the military recommended dietary allowances.
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Explanation of abbrcYiations and terms Rcspons ib it i tics Paragraph Chapter 2 tfutAtional Allowances tad Standards Military recommended dietary allowances ........ Eshmated safe and adequate daily dietary intakes Nu~icut standards for operational and restricted rations Energy requ~cnts .........
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(3) Adjust dietary allowances and nutrient standards to meat variations in age, sex, body size, physical activity, clunate, or other conditions that may influence nutritional requirements.
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Advise local food service organizations, such as menu boards, on makers that affect the nutritional quality of meals prepared and consumed. ~} Serve as consultants to installation commanders on the development and evaluation of nutritional aspects of the Services' weight control and physical fitness programs.
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represent ranges of caloric intake reflecting wide Yanations in energy requirements among individuals at similar levels of activity. These energy allowances are desired to maintain desirable body weight for healthy service members under conditions of moderate physical activity in an environment compatible with thermal comfort File allowance are not to be interpreted as individual requirements.
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Upon completion of growth, energy requirements for adults gradually decline with age due to a reduced resting metabolic rate and curtailment in physical activity. Within the 17 to SO year military age range, age-related differences in caloric allowances appear to be minimal under conditions of similar physical activity.
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. It is desirable under conditions of moderate physical activity to increase Me caloric allowance by at least 0.7 percent for every degree centigrade rise in average ambient temperature above 30 °C (86 A
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A reduction of fat calories in Me diet Can be achieved by lowering added fats dig food preparation and replacing foods high in fat with lean meats, fish, poultry, low fat mills, and other low fat dam products in the military menu. As fat calories are reduced in the diet, it is recommended that the current level of about ~ percent of caloric m take as polyunsaturated fat be maintained to ensure an adequate intake of essential faKy acids.
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Certain cereal and legume proteins are known to reduce the bioevailability of nonhesne iron. The nonheme iron absorption rate can be more than doubled when nonheme iron is consumed with a modest serving of meat, fish, poultry' or a source of ascorbic acid (vit~mm C)
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Water requirements may increase Tom 50 to 100 percent for personnel living in a hot climate expending similar energy levels. Water requirements may increase threefold above nonnal under conditions of heavy woric in ~ hot environment.
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desirable body weight Using thc refcrcncc body ~cight ranges for males of 60 to 79 kilo grams and for females of 46 to 63 tciIograrns, thc protein requiremcat is appro~unatcly 48 to 64 ~sns for males and 31 to Sl grmns for females. ~csc amounts ha~c ~n approxtrnamly doubled to reflect the usual protein consumption Ic~cIs of Amcacans and to cnhancc diet ac~ptabilir' .
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This Iced equates to a daily sodium intalcc of approximately 5500 milligrams for males and 4100 miLligrarns for females. Table 2-2 Estimated safe and adequate daily dietary intake ranges of selected vitamins and minerals' Nutrition Unit Amount vitamins Vitamins K Biotin Pantothenic Acid mcg mcg mg 70-140 tOO-200 4-7 Trace Elemcats2 Fluoride Selenium Motybdenum Copper M=gancsc Chromium mg mcg mg m.
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·Restricted rations arc for use under certain operational scenarios such as long-r~ge patrol, assault, and reconnaissance when troops arc required to subsist for short periods (up to to days) on an energy cesmcted ration.
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