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Vitamin E Supplements Are Safe Up to 1,000 mg Daily??

Because of the regular stream of press reports indicating there may be a hazard with high doses of vitamin E, below is an index to many such reports, along with the reports of research experts that the hazards are much smaller than the BENEFITS UP TO 1,000 IU PER DAY FOR HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS, why higher levels may be the best answer for those with specific medical conditions, and why Nutrition Investigator recommends you speak with your physician, with the relevant peer-reviewed research articles linked here, about taking 400 IU daily for healthy people, and 2,000 IU daily for those with Alzheimer's. As of Nov. 2005, the number of people taking vitamin E supplements has dropped to about 15% due to the popular press reporting hazards, when those hazards are usually reports misinterpreted to sell newspapers.

Current Dose justified by peer-reviewed literature and price is 400IU per day.

1. Taking 1,000 IU per day is safe

2. January 2005 Meta analysis flawed - has been retracted as of June, 2006

3. July 2005 NIH news report of Women's Health Study

4. 2,000 IU is best for Alzheimer's

5. Consensus conference on optimal vitamin E dosage