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Nutritional Related Diseases

Jan 4, 2024
1 min read

Nutritional diseases are due to a lack of sufficient essential nutrients. Affecting more than 925 million people worldwide, nutritional diseases are commonly associated with factors of malnutrition such as alcohol consumption, lack of dietary fiber and nutrient rich vegetables or low protein.


What is RDI?

RDI stands for Recommended Daily Intake and is the minimum daily intake recommended to meet nutrient sufficiency requirements of 97-98% of the population.


The actual amount of each nutrient required to maintain good health in specific individuals differ from person to person.


Daily requirements were never designed with "optimal health" in mind only the avoidance of disease. Furthermore, the RDI's list does not include hundreds of other valuable and essential nutrients necessary for maintenance of health.



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