Micronutrients & recovery
Vitamin E supplementation (1200 IU/day for 30 days) does not attenuate contraction-induced muscle damage, torque deficits, or inflammatory cell infiltration following eccentric exercise in healthy young men.
If you are doing heavy eccentric training (like downhill running or heavy lifting), taking 1200 IU of Vitamin E daily for a month will not reduce your muscle soreness, strength loss, or inflammation. You can skip the supplement for this purpose as it offers no protective benefit over placebo for muscle damage indices.
We conclude that vitamin E supplementation (30 d at 1200 IU·d-1)... had no affect on indices of contraction-induced muscle damage nor inflammation (macrophage infiltration) as a result of eccentrically biased muscle contractions.
Why this rating
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with rigorous histological and functional measures, though limited to young healthy males.
Source
Contraction-induced muscle damage is unaffected by vitamin E supplementation
Louise J. Beaton et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2002
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