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"Vitamins A, D and E are widely known to cause hypervitaminosis." I don't think so. Might someone please provide me with documented cases of vitamin E hypervi
by giardini 13y ago
"Vitamins A, D and E are widely known to cause hypervitaminosis."
I don't think so.
Might someone please provide me with documented cases of vitamin E hypervitaminosis (including the dosage level of course) in humans. I've never found one.
I've known persons who took 20,000 to 40,000 UI of vitamin E per day for six months and to all appearances benefited from it. Yes, you read that right, 20K-40K IU - about 100X the common 400 IU daily dose, which some consider high.
Chickens, on the other hand, seem to produce fewer eggs when given larger amounts of vitamin E.
My personal belief is that testing doesn't occur at levels high enough to show the true efficacy of vitamin E.
- lake99 13y agoHere is a meta-analysis: http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=718049 http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=718049
- giardini 13y agoI would like a clear documented case of vitamin E hypervitaminosis. That article, "Meta-Analysis: High-Dosage Vitamin E Supplementation May Increase All-Cause Mortality", hardly answers my request. What I have found are obfuscated cases: cases where Vitamins D or A are taken simultaneously with vitamin E, or cases where the patient is in a disease state and/or is taking (often multiple) drugs, especially anti-clotting drugs. I increasingly tend to believe that the only way a normal person can overdose on Vitamin E is to choke on it or slip on it.