Many are still using vitamin E

Filed in archive News on July 20, 2005

Many Americans are still taking too much vitamin E, in the misguided hopes that it can lower cardiac risk. The studies have disproven this, however, people still aren't listening:

The researchers found that just over 11 percent of American adults routinely consume at least 400 IUs of vitamin E on a daily basis. Another 26 percent of American adults take supplements that include lower amounts of the vitamin.

Reporting in the July 19 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, the authors referred to a range of recent studies that suggested vitamin E supplementation in doses at or exceeding 400 IUs may increase the risk for premature death from chronic illness such as heart disease and cancer.

(Mozes, "People Not Heeding Vitamin E Warnings", Forbes, Jul.19)