Editing Potassium (section)

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The U.S. [[National Academy of Medicine]] (NAM), on behalf of both the U.S. and Canada, sets [[Dietary Reference Intake]]s, including Estimated Average Requirements (EARs) and Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs), or [[Adequate Intake]]s (AIs) for when there is not sufficient information to set EARs and RDAs.

For both males and females under 9 years of age, the AIs for potassium are: 400{{nbsp}}mg of potassium for 0 to 6-month-old infants, 860{{nbsp}}mg of potassium for 7 to 12-month-old infants, 2,000{{nbsp}}mg of potassium for 1 to 3-year-old children, and 2,300{{nbsp}}mg of potassium for 4 to 8-year-old children.

For males 9 years of age and older, the AIs for potassium are: 2,500{{nbsp}}mg of potassium for 9 to 13-year-old males, 3,000{{nbsp}}mg of potassium for 14 to 18-year-old males, and 3,400{{nbsp}}mg for males that are 19 years of age and older.

For females 9 years of age and older, the AIs for potassium are: 2,300{{nbsp}}mg of potassium for 9 to 18-year-old females, and 2,600{{nbsp}}mg of potassium for females that are 19 years of age and older.

For pregnant and lactating females, the AIs for potassium are: 2,600{{nbsp}}mg of potassium for 14 to 18-year-old pregnant females, 2,900{{nbsp}}mg for pregnant females that are 19 years of age and older; furthermore, 2,500{{nbsp}}mg of potassium for 14 to 18-year-old lactating females, and 2,800{{nbsp}}mg for lactating females that are 19 years of age and older. As for safety, the NAM also sets [[tolerable upper intake level]]s (ULs) for vitamins and minerals, but for potassium the evidence was insufficient, so no UL was established.<ref>{{cite book |author=National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine |editor3-first=Maria |editor3-last=Oria |editor2-first=Meghan |editor2-last=Harrison |editor1-first=Virginia A |editor1-last=Stallings |date=2019 |title=Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium |location=Washington, DC |publisher=The National Academies Press |chapter=Potassium: Dietary Reference Intakes for Adequacy |chapter-url=https://www.nap.edu/read/25353/chapter/8 |isbn=978-0-309-48834-1 |doi=10.17226/25353 |doi-access=free |pmid=30844154 |access-date=2019-05-13 |archive-date=2019-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513200758/https://www.nap.edu/read/25353/chapter/8 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/2019/dietary-reference-intakes-sodium-potassium.aspx |title=Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium – Publication |date=March 5, 2019 |website=Health and Medicine Division |publisher=National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine |doi=10.17226/25353 |pmid=30844154 |isbn=978-0-309-48834-1 |s2cid=104464967 |access-date=May 13, 2019 |editor1-last=Stallings |editor1-first=Virginia A |editor2-first=Meghan |editor2-last=Harrison |editor3-first=Maria |editor3-last=Oria |archive-date=May 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509031658/http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Reports/2019/dietary-reference-intakes-sodium-potassium.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

As of 2004, most Americans adults consume less than 3,000{{nbsp}}mg.<ref name="iom_panel2005">{{cite book|author=Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for Electrolytes and Water, Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes, Food and Nutrition|title=DRI, dietary reference intakes for water, potassium, sodium, chloride, and sulfate|date=2004|publisher=National Academies Press|location=Washington, D.C.|isbn=978-0-309-53049-1|url=http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2004/Dietary-Reference-Intakes-Water-Potassium-Sodium-Chloride-and-Sulfate.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006174858/http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2004/Dietary-Reference-Intakes-Water-Potassium-Sodium-Chloride-and-Sulfate.aspx|archive-date=2011-10-06}}</ref>