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Daily dietary intake of chromium in southern Spain measured with duplicate diet sampling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Elena Garcia ,
Carmen Carbrera ,
M. Luisa Lorenzo ,
Joaquin Sánchez  and
M. Carmen López
Elena Garcia
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, E-18012 Granada, Spain
Carmen Carbrera*
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, E-18012 Granada, Spain
M. Luisa Lorenzo
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, E-18012 Granada, Spain
Joaquin Sánchez
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, Miguel Hernández University, E-03202 Elche (Alicante)Spain
M. Carmen López
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Bromatology, School of Pharmacy, University of Granada, E-18012 Granada, Spain
*
*Corresponding author: Dr Carmen Cabrera, fax +34 958 243869, email carmenc@platon.ugr.es
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We measured daily dietary Cr intake in southern Spain by sampling duplicate diets for seven consecutive days in different population groups. Cr was determined by electrothermal atomization–atomic absorption spectrometry. The samples were mineralized in a digestion block with HNO3, HClO4 and V2O5. A total of 161 duplicate diets from twenty-three subjects were analysed, and mean levels of Cr intake ranged from 9·39 to 205·16 μg/d. Mean Cr intake (100 μg/d) was similar to levels found for most other countries, and was within the range recommended by the National Research Council for a safe and adequate daily intake (50–200 μg/d). Chromium intake correlated significantly with energy, protein and carbohydrate intake, and with the daily intake of Zn, Fe, Mg, K, Na, Ca and nicotinic acid in the diets analysed.

Keywords

Dietary chromiumDuplicate dietNutrient intakeCorrelation
Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , September 2001 , pp. 391 - 396
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2001

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