A health magazine contacts you for your expert opinion on what measure best describes the amounts of nutrients that should be consumed by the population. How should you reply?

A  The Recommended Dietary Allowances, because they represent the average daily amount of a nutrient considered adequate to meet the known nutrient needs of practically all healthy people.​

B  The Tolerable Upper Intake levels, because they are the maximum daily amount of a nutrient that appears safe for most healthy people

C  ​The Estimated Energy Requirement, because it represents what will maintain energy balance and good health in a person of a given age, gender, weight, height, and level of physical activity

D  ​The Estimated Average Requirements, because they reflect the average daily amount of a nutrient that will maintain a specific function in half of the healthy people of a population

E  ​The Dietary Reference Intakes, because they are a set of nutrient intake values for healthy people in the United States and Canada