No health risks from taking too much vitamin E, study says


Taking too much vitamin E is not a health risk, a new US scientific review finds.

Despite prior concerns that too much vitamin E could be a health risk, a new scientific review finds this to not be the case.

Researchers from Oregon State University conclude that biological mechanisms exist to routinely eliminate excess levels of the vitamin, which makes it "almost impossible to take a harmful amount," they said on April 15.

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