Scientific opinion on the tolerable upper intake level for vitamin E.

ABSTRACT: Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the revision of the tolerable upper intake level (UL) for vitamin E. As α-tocopherol is recognised as the only essential form of vitamin E, the Panel restricted its evaluation to α-tocopherol. Systematic reviews of the literature were conducted to assess evidence on priority adverse health effects of excess intake of vitamin E, namely risk of impaired coagulation and bleeding, cardiovascular disease and prostate cancer. The effect on blood clotting and associated increased risk of bleeding is considered as the critical effect to establish an UL for vitamin E. No new evidence has been published that could improve the c

SUBMITTER: EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11294871 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature