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Current Status of Vitamin E Nutriture
Author(s) -
AHUJA JASPREET K.C.,
GOLDMAN JOSEPH D.,
MOSHFEGH ALANNA J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1331.052
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , medicine , environmental health , dietary reference intake , vitamin e , alpha tocopherol , vitamin , disease , population , physiology , nutrient , endocrinology , biology , ecology , biochemistry , antioxidant
A bstract : Vitamin E intake status requires reassessment because the recommended levels have been increased and take into account only the α‐tocopherol form of vitamin E. A database of α‐tocopherol values for more than 7,000 foods was developed and applied to dietary data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999‐2000. Usual intake distributions were determined and evaluated for adequacy. Ninety percent or more of the adults studied had their usual intakes below the current Estimated Average Requirement. Several observations—the prevalence of inadequate intakes of vitamin E, absence of signs of deficiency in the U.S. population, and increasing evidence that vitamin E helps reduce chronic disease risk—point to a need for further research.