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PHOSPHORUS
| Benefits | Helps build and protect bones and teeth. Part of DNA and RNA. Helps convert food into energy. Part of phospholipids, which carry lipids in blood and help shuttle nutrients into and out of cells |
| Good Food Sources | Wide variety of foods, including milk and dairy products, meat, fish, poultry, eggs, liver, green peas, broccoli, potatoes, almonds |
| Recommended Daily Allowance | M: 700 mg, W: 700 mg |
| Upper Limit per day | 31–70: 4,000 mg 71+: 3,000 mg |
| Did You Know? | Certain drugs bind with phosphorus, making it unavailable and causing bone loss, weakness, and pain. |