Is the RDA/AI for Vitamin E stupidly high?
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 6:10 am
Hi Jeff
I try to log my food on FitDay (would go to the CRON-O-METER but have about 80 custom foods on FitDay that would take hours and hours to copy over). I do it to keep myself honest more than to worry about whether I'm getting all the required nutrients. But every week or two I look at the running average out of curiosity.
Generally I'm at or well over all the different vitamins and minerals that FitDay records. But there are three that I consistently get far less of than I'm "supposed" to. The "low" Vitamin D doesn't worry me - I know it's a hormone synthesized through exposure to the sun. The "low" calcium (around 700mg) doesn't worry me as I know the US recommendations are far higher than required, especially for a diet that's around 12% (plant) protein, which is what mine tends to be. But I sit at around 30% of the Vitamin E that I'm "supposed" to have - which is quite a difference. As I said, I'm not usually worried about details like this as I believe that focusing on the big picture of lowfat whole plant foods will ensure the details are taken care of. And I'm quite willing to buy that the requirements are not real, as per the calcium one. But I have found myself wondering whether I should deliberately try to incorporate more foods that have higher contents of Vitamin E.
Can you please give me your belief on how much Vitamin E is necessary (minimum) and how much you would recommend (ideal)?
Thanks!!
I try to log my food on FitDay (would go to the CRON-O-METER but have about 80 custom foods on FitDay that would take hours and hours to copy over). I do it to keep myself honest more than to worry about whether I'm getting all the required nutrients. But every week or two I look at the running average out of curiosity.
Generally I'm at or well over all the different vitamins and minerals that FitDay records. But there are three that I consistently get far less of than I'm "supposed" to. The "low" Vitamin D doesn't worry me - I know it's a hormone synthesized through exposure to the sun. The "low" calcium (around 700mg) doesn't worry me as I know the US recommendations are far higher than required, especially for a diet that's around 12% (plant) protein, which is what mine tends to be. But I sit at around 30% of the Vitamin E that I'm "supposed" to have - which is quite a difference. As I said, I'm not usually worried about details like this as I believe that focusing on the big picture of lowfat whole plant foods will ensure the details are taken care of. And I'm quite willing to buy that the requirements are not real, as per the calcium one. But I have found myself wondering whether I should deliberately try to incorporate more foods that have higher contents of Vitamin E.
Can you please give me your belief on how much Vitamin E is necessary (minimum) and how much you would recommend (ideal)?
Thanks!!