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Magnesium Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA)

Mangesium’s RDA, or Recommended Daily Allowance, is the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine’s way of recommending a daily amount of a particular substance that individuals should consume daily.

These figures are the amount needed to prevent deficiency, but are NOT necessarily the amounts required of magnesium to prevent chronic diseases or promote optimum health.

Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for Magnesium
Life Stage	Age	Males (mg/day)	Females (mg/day)
Infants	0-6 months	30 (AI)	30 (AI)
Infants	7-12 months	75 (AI)	75 (AI)
Children	1-3 years	80	80
Children	4-8 years	130	130
Children	9-13 years	240	240
Adolescents	14-18 years	410	360
Adults	19-30 years	400	310
Adults	31 years and older	420	320
Pregnancy	18 years and younger	-	400
Pregnancy	19-30 years	-	350
Pregnancy	31 years and older	-	360
Breast-feeding	18 years and younger	-	360
Breast-feeding	19-30 years	-	310
Breast-feeding	31 years and older	-	320

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