title: Dietary chromium intake. Freely chosen diets, institutional diet, and individual foods.
abstract: Chromium content of 22 daily diets, designed by nutritionists to be well-balanced, ranged from 8.4 to 23.7 micrograms/1000 cal with a mean +/- SEM chromium content of 13.4 +/- 1.1 micrograms/1000 cal. Most diary products are low in chromium and provide less than 0.6 micrograms/serving. Meats, poultry, and fish are also low in chromium, providing 2 micrograms of chromium or less per serving. Chromium contents of grain products, fruits, and vegetables vary widely, with some foods providing greater than 20 micrograms/serving. In summary, chromium content of individual foods varies, and is dependent upon chromium introduced in the growing, transport, processing, and fortification of the food. Even well-balanced diets may contain suboptimal levels of dietary chromium.
authors.affiliation: Vitamin and Mineral Nutrition Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Bryden
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Polansky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002857:Chromium / Q000032:analysis*; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005504:Food Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status
chemical_list: D002857:Chromium