Do different nutrients scale with calorie intake?

Question

As in, if my daily calorie intake is 2,500 instead of 2,000, would 2,300mg of sodium still be 100% daily value for me or would it be more?

Sorry if this is a simple question and thanks in advance.

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Answer 1

It depends. Honestly, the %DV numbers already depend on a lot of factors.

Basically, for a normal day, whatever number of calories is normal for you, you would want a similar scale of nutrients. If 2500 calories is normal, you want 125%DV of the other nutrients.

If there’s a day where you need more calories (say, you’re running a marathon), you would want to scale your calorie, water, and electrolyte intake accordingly, but you wouldn’t need other nutrients in the same amounts.