How much vitamin E to counter PUFA

Runenight201

Is there a way to determine how much vitamin E is needed to counteract the effects of Y amount of PUFA?

For instance, I will be consuming eggs daily in my diet, but due to feed quality, have to accept that I will be eating more PUFA then I should.

Furthermore, since vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin, I do not want to OVERDO the supplementation and harm myself.

How do I go about sorting this all out??

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LucH

@Runenight201 said in How much vitamin E to counter PUFA:

how much vitamin E is needed to counteract the effects of Y amount of PUFA?

Chris Masterjohn advises 20-25 mg per day. A mix.
*) Vitamin E function and requirements in relation to PUFA
Daniel Raederstorff et al. Br J Nutr. 2015. doi: 10.1017/S000711451500272X
=> 20 mg Vit E for 10 gr PUFA

Do not overload: Too much of a good thing is bad. protection is temporary.
How to limit:
“Vitamin C regenerates vitamin E and vitamin E protects β-carotene, helped in this by polyphenols. In the event of β-carotene supplementation, vitamin C regenerates vitamin E and β-carotene, and β-carotene seems to protect vitamin E without really explaining this phenomenon"
Savings effect
Vitamin E is not just a vitamin. Vitamin C makes it possible to recycle oxidized vitamin E and thus prolong its lifespan. The same goes with glutathione which is thus saved for other more useful functions (detox). Glutathion is our antioxidant master.
Vitamin E protects against the deleterious effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids when the latter are in excess. And this is quickly done!

More info on Vit E
https://mirzoune-ciboulette.forumactif.org/t30-vitamine-e-plus-qu-une-vitamine#60
Excerpt 1 (translator needed, in French):
Most studies show a beginning of preventive efficiency at doses of 100 IU /d in degenerative diseases. Braking of oxidative stress which is underlying the phenomena of senescence and the appearance of all degenerative pathologies: cardiovascular, cancers, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, presbyacousis, cataract, macular degeneration, Parkinson and Alzheimer's diseases, etc.
Excerpt 2:

Optimal contribution, without pathology, if under 40 years old: 100 IU per day.
Contribution in case of supplementation in polyunsaturated fatty acids 100 IU per gram of EPA. - Therapeutic contribution: 400 - 500 IU every 5 days.
Mg/ UI conversion: 100 mg = 150 IU.
Personally, it’s 400 UI mixed toco every 3 days (+/ twice a week). 3x if inflammation.
Now Foods – E 400 – with mixed tocopherols. Softgels. + once a week K1 (mix K1 and K2). Vit K2 MK7 must be encapsulated (oxidation).

Runenight201

@LucH

Thank you for the detailed response and for confirming what I was worried about, which is overdoing the vitamin E supplementation.

I have a 400 IU supplement, so I will be taking that 2-3x a week, depending on my inflammatory status! (I think I’ll start with 3)