Vitamin-E Supplements – Kenya

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Table 1: Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) for Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol) [1]
Age	Males	Females	Pregnancy	Lactation
0–6 months*	4 mg	4 mg
7–12 months*	5 mg	5 mg
1–3 years	6 mg	6 mg
4–8 years	7 mg	7 mg
9–13 years	11 mg	11 mg
14+ years	15 mg	15 mg	15 mg	19 mg

*Adequate Intake (AI)

Food sources of vitamin E

Table 2: Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocopherol) Content of Selected Foods [2]
Food	Milligrams (mg) per serving	Percent DV*
Wheat germ oil, 1 tablespoon	20.3	135
Sunflower seeds, dry roasted, 1 ounce	7.4	49
Almonds, dry roasted, 1 ounce	6.8	45
Sunflower oil, 1 tablespoon	5.6	37
Safflower oil, 1 tablespoon	4.6	31
Hazelnuts, dry roasted, 1 ounce	4.3	29
Peanut butter, 2 tablespoons	2.9	19
Peanuts, dry roasted, 1 ounce	2.2	15
Corn oil, 1 tablespoon	1.9	13
Spinach, boiled, ½ cup	1.9	13
Broccoli, chopped, boiled, ½ cup	1.2	8
Soybean oil, 1 tablespoon	1.1	7
Kiwifruit, 1 medium	1.1	7
Mango, sliced, ½ cup	0.7	5
Tomato, raw, 1 medium	0.7	5
Spinach, raw, 1 cup	0.6	4

*DV = Daily Value.

How Much Vitamin-E Supplement can you take?

As in anything, too much of anything is dangerous. The table below shows tolerable upper limits of vitamin E intakes.

Table 3: Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (ULs) for Vitamin E [3]
Age	Male	Female	Pregnancy	Lactation
1–3 years	200 mg	200 mg
4–8 years	300 mg	300 mg
9–13 years	600 mg	600 mg
14–18 years	800 mg	800 mg	800 mg	800 mg
19+ years	1,000 mg	1,000 mg	1,000 mg	1,000 mg