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recoˈmmended, ppl. a. [f. recommend v.1 + -ed1.] Praised, commended. Also, advised, prescribed.
1481Caxton Myrr. iii. xv. 168 Plato whiche was a puissaunt and a recommended maistre of Athenes. c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 896 Decessed of noble and recomended memory the prince Arthur. 1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. v. xvi. 267 What if a recommended Specifick..seem unable to produce the promised Effect? 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 10/7 Sulphur dioxide levels in the smelter were 40 times the recommended safe level. 1977Sniffin' Glue July 17 Recommended reading: Anything by Colin Wilson.
▸ spec. Designating or relating to the daily intake of a nutrient judged (by various scientific bodies) to be adequate or optimal for the maintenance of good health; esp. in recommended daily allowance, recommended dietary allowance. Such recommendations are often given as guidance for consumers on the packaging of food and vitamin supplements.
1941Bull. National Res. Council Comm. Food & Nutrition (U.S.) May 130 Moved: That the Committee will use the phrase ‘Recommended Daily Allowances’ and not the word ‘Standards’ when announcing its decisions on daily requirements for specific nutrients. 1945A. L. Bacharach Sci. & Nutrition (ed. 2) xix. 134 The National Research Council of the USA: its Food and Nutrition Board have laid down in ‘Recommended Dietary Allowances’ something approaching optimum standards for all the main dietary constituents. 1978Washington Post (Nexis) 24 Aug. e1 There are 2.3 grams of sodium in just one teaspoon of salt and that may be as much as the recommended daily intake for a hypertensive individual. 1990Woman's Jrnl. Mar. 157/1 She has no wish to be patronised, lectured on osteoporosis or polyunsaturates or the recommended daily intake of vitamins, thank you very much. 2000Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 17/2 Vitamin A has a narrow therapeutic window and an intake just twice as high as the recommended daily amount might cause problems. |