Vitamin E-400 I.U. Complex

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$39.68

Natural Vitamin E Available In One Capsule

(D'Alpha Tocopherol Acetate)

Vitamin E.....Vitamin E is a family of compounds called tocopherols that work together to protect you against the damage from free radicals. Tocopherols are the liquid (oil) form of vitamin E and are comprised of alpha, beta, gamma and delta tocopherol. Until recently, it was thought that alpha, the most common and active form, was that most important tocopherol, but research has shown that the other forms of tocopherol also help fend off free radicals.

Today most of the news about vitamin E concerns the benefits of taking it in large doses. In one study, 400 to 800 I.U. daily reduced the incidence of coronary heart disease by 77%.

A recent European study found that low blood levels of vitamin E were far more predictive of health disease than high levels of blood cholesterol and high blood pressure. High cholesterol levels were predictive 29% of the time and high blood pressure 25% of the time, but a low blood level of vitamin E was predictive of a heart attack 69% of the time! In 1997, the American Heart Association hailed the discovery of vitamin E as one of the top ten developments related to heart health.

Vitamin E also gives the immune system a significant boost, as reported in a 1997 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Healthy volunteers, all over the age of 65, took vitamin E supplements for 235 weeks. Afterwards, tests showed that their immune systems were much more active.

Other studies have shown that vitamin E helps protect against cancer, improves blood flow in people who have severe pain when they walk because of clogged arteries and relieves leg cramps.

When taken along with vitamin C, it helps prevent cataracts. It also slows the progression of Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. And this is only a partial listing of the benefits of Vitamin E!

To get enough vitamin E from food alone, you would have to consume two quarts of corn oil and 22 cups of peanuts a day. Clearly, that isn’t possible or even advisable, given the high amount of fat you’d be ingesting at the same time. The only practical way to get the levels of vitamin E you need is through supplementation.

800 I.U of vitamin E per day is recommended, either as tocopherols (oil form) or tocopherols (powder form). There is some concern about toxicity, but no toxicity has been reported from even larger doses of vitamin E. In fact, in one study, 3,200 I.U of vitamin E—along with 3,000 mg of vitamin C per day—was used for years to treat patients in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease. No toxicity was reported and there was a significant slowdown in the progression of the disease.

Natural or Synthetic Vitamin E?.....Your body can tell the difference between natural and synthetic vitamin E, so you should try to take it in the natural form. Because natural vitamin E is identical to what your body makes and what is found in food, your body absorbs it better, and it stays in your system longer than synthetic E.

Natural vitamin E is made from vegetable oils, while synthetic vitamin E is made chemically. Synthetic vitamin E also often contains fillers that oxidize quickly and produce free radicals that cancel out the vitamin’s antioxidant powers.

You can differentiate between natural and synthetic vitamin E in supplements by looking for d-alpha-tocopherol. Dl-alpha-tocopherol (note the “l”) indicates a synthetic version. Look for supplements that have only the "d".  Natural vitamin E is expensive, but it is the best, most effective form of Vitamin E.