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New French Nutritional Recommendations for fatty acids

Year of publication 2013

Pages 10p.

Author Legrand, P.;Nutrition Division

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The French Food Safety Agency (ANSES) recently published the adult French population reference intakes ‘Apports Nutritionnels Conseillés’ (ANC) for fatty acids. This paper describes the thinking behind the 2010 update of the recommendations for fatty acid intakes for the French population. It presents the recommendations and highlights some of the rationale underlying them. The paper does not provide a comprehensive review of the science underlying each recommendation as this information can be found in the two reports that are referenced the “Complete Report on the Update of the French population reference intakes for fatty acids” and the “Opinion of the French Food Safety Agency on the update of the French population reference intakes”. There are many fatty acids with varying and multiple functions. Some fatty acids are essential, some are considered “conditionally essential” and other fatty acids (polyunsaturates, monounsaturates, and saturates) are nutrients that can be synthesized de novo by the body. With the goal of helping to build a credible diet, both qualitatively and quantitatively, all the main fatty acids, including those that humans can synthesize, were investigated as all have biological functions. The ANC is a reference value that encompasses the physiological requirements for almost the entire population and is similar to ‘adequate intake’ (AI). The values concern healthy individuals and include the objective of maintaining good health which corresponds to t he limits of primary prevention.

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