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. 2023 Oct 12:67.
doi: 10.29219/fnr.v67.10238. eCollection 2023.

Vitamin E - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023

Essi Hantikainen  1 , Ylva Trolle Lagerros  2
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Vitamin E - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023

Essi Hantikainen et al. Food Nutr Res. .

Abstract

Current evidence suggests that dietary vitamin E (as α-tocopherol) intake has a beneficial role in preventing certain chronic diseases. In contrast, there is no clear evidence for the benefit of α-tocopherol supplements in a generally healthy population. Deficiency symptoms are rare and mainly occur due to genetic or other factors affecting α-tocopherol absorption and/or metabolism, rather than a low α-tocopherol intake. No qualified systematic review was identified by the NNR2023 project for updating the dietary reference values (DRV).

Keywords: antioxidants; recommendations; tocopherol; vitamin E.

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Flow chart for the selection procedure of relevant literature for vitamin E and health-related outcomes in the NNR2022.
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