Posted by ed_uk on December 17, 2004, at 12:19:46 [reposted on December 17, 2004, at 19:38:42 | original URL]
In reply to TO ED UK, posted by Jeroen on December 17, 2004, at 11:58:21
> hi, i have a question about vitamin E is it safe to take 1600 MG a day, on each package it sais in IU not MG but im unsure of my calculations,
> each vitamine E pill is 250 IU so how much should i take for 1600 MG?
> i hope you can help me thanks!
>
>
> International Units (IU) are an old terminology used to state the potency of vitamins A, D and E before vitamins were manufactured in a pure enough form to be measured by weight.
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> One IU of Vitamin A = 0.3 micrograms
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> One IU of Vitamin D = 0.025 micrograms
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> One IU of Vitamin E = 0.67 milligrams
Hello Jeroen and Larry,I would like to redirect Jeroen's question to Larry because although I know quite a bit about drugs I don't know very much about vitamins!
I am sure that Larry will be able to give you some accurate information about Vitamin E.
Ed.
PS. I hope your are not too busy Larry!
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