COPPER INTAKE OF 1.5 MG/DAY MAY BE INADEQUATE FOR POST- MENOPAUSAL WOMEN
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
COPPER INTAKE OF 1.5 MG/DAY MAY BE INADEQUATE FOR POST- MENOPAUSAL WOMEN, USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center Director Forrest Nielsen suggested at a Feb. 23 discussion on the possibility of establishing a Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for copper at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Md. Nielsen maintained that the studies he has seen, "even though they were not specifically linked to copper, strongly suggest that 1.5 mg of copper per day is not sufficient for post- menopausal women."