Vitamin E is a group of powerful antioxidants that protect your cells from oxidative stress. Adequate vitamin E levels are essential for the body to function normally.
If you don't get enough, you may become more prone to infections, experience impaired eyesight or suffer from muscle weakness.
Fortunately, vitamin E is widespread in foods. As a result, you are unlikely to become deficient unless your nutrient absorption is impaired.
Nevertheless, everyone should try to eat plenty of whole foods rich in vitamin E.
In the United States, 15 mg of vitamin E per day is considered enough for the vast majority of adults. This daily value (DV) is selected as a reference on nutrition labels in the US and Canada.
Below is a list of 20 foods that are high in alpha-tocopherol, which is the most active form of vitamin E ( 1 ).
This article also provides five lists of vitamin-E-rich foods, categorized by food group.