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In Chapter 2, we noted that calcium was a threshold nutrient and we introduced the term “minimum daily requirement” (MDR), defined as the intake just sufficient to get an individual up to the bone retention threshold, i.e., the point at which no further increase in bone mass will occur despite further increases in calcium intake. The concept of an MDR has been largely abandoned for many other nutrients, but it remains apt for calcium, as Fig. 1 in Chapter 2 shows graphically.
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Heaney, R.P., Weaver, C.M. (2006). Requirements for What Endpoint?. In: Weaver, C.M., Heaney, R.P. (eds) Calcium in Human Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-961-5_7
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