Institute of Medicine's new recommendations for vitamin E

June 2000

There's confusion about the Institute of Medicine's new recommendations for vitamin E.

The new RDA for adults is 15 mg of alpha-tocopherol...with a tolerable upper limit of 1000 mg/day.

The confusion stems from trying to convert from units to mgs...since most vitamin E supplements are still labeled in units.

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