31-10-2011, 08:38 AM
Thank you, Melissa,
I checked
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminE-QuickFacts
For breastfeeding, that fact sheet recommends 19 mg daily, or 28.4 IU. The upper limits are really high:
"The highest safe level of intake from supplements for adults is 1,500 IU/day for natural forms of vitamin E and 1,100 IU/day for the synthetic form."
So it's safe to get an additional supplement. Whether it contributes much, is another matter. Even 800 IU does not do much about hot flashes, but it is safe:
http://www.jcojournal.org/content/16/2/495.short
Vitamin E "helps" in case of breast pains at the end of the cycle:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6684167
My brother brought a whole crate of walnuts two weeks ago, and I almost ate them all. So check the supermarket. Vitamin E is in season now.
Because it increases progesterone, Ginie takes vitamin E during luteal phase only.
I checked
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminE-QuickFacts
For breastfeeding, that fact sheet recommends 19 mg daily, or 28.4 IU. The upper limits are really high:
"The highest safe level of intake from supplements for adults is 1,500 IU/day for natural forms of vitamin E and 1,100 IU/day for the synthetic form."
So it's safe to get an additional supplement. Whether it contributes much, is another matter. Even 800 IU does not do much about hot flashes, but it is safe:
http://www.jcojournal.org/content/16/2/495.short
Vitamin E "helps" in case of breast pains at the end of the cycle:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6684167
My brother brought a whole crate of walnuts two weeks ago, and I almost ate them all. So check the supermarket. Vitamin E is in season now.
Because it increases progesterone, Ginie takes vitamin E during luteal phase only.