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 newly proposed Recommended Daily Allowance for adults is 15 mg of alpha-tocopherol...with an upper limit of 1000 mg/day.
The confusion stems from trying to convert from units to mgs...since most vitamin E supplements are still labelled in units.
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