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I think your body will take however much it needs of a certain mineral at any given time so if you take too much, the surplus will go to waste. It stores some but it can only store so much which is why we need to top our bodies up constantly as opposed to dumping a massive amount and then not giving it any more.
It really depends on the vitamin/mineral in question. Fat-soluble versus water-soluble etc. Each vitamin stores at different capacities and for different lengths of time. Almost impossible to answer in a generalized way.
Fun fact: RDA actually stands for “Recommended Dietary Allowance”, not daily. My understanding is that it was measured by a daily recommendation, but can be calculated as an average over a few days.
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>In the Summary RDA Table at the end of this volume, nutrient intakes are expressed as quantities of a nutrient for a Reference Individual per day. However, the terms per day and daily should be interpreted as average intake over time. The length of time over which averaging should be achieved depends on the nutrient, the size of the body pool, and the rate of turnover of that nutrient. Some nutrients, such as vitamins A and B12, can be stored in relatively large quantities and are degraded slowly. Others, such as thiamin, are turned over rapidly, and total deprivation in a person can lead to relatively rapid development of symptoms (i.e., in days or weeks, rather than in months). If the requirement for a nutrient is not met on a particular day, body stores or a surplus consumed shortly thereafter will compensate for the inadequacy. For most nutrients, RDAs are intended to be average intakes over at least 3 days; for others, e.g., vitamins A and B12), they may be averaged over several months.