Re: Vitamin E supplement Question

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> So I have been trying this -

> http://www.nowfoods.com/index.php?action=itemdetail & item_id=72411

[snip]

> Any opinions on this supplement?

Looks good to me, though I'd prefer to dump the plant sterols -- not

sure why they are there.

> I have been adding this to my CLO so I only get 100-200% DV as opposed

> to the full 670% from a gelcap.

That sounds like a fine way to do it. The best way to maximize

absorption would be to sprinkle it out onto your food and mix it up

well, but that's pretty inconvenient.

Chris

[Guest guest]

>

> ,

>

> > So I have been trying this -

> > http://www.nowfoods.com/index.php?action=itemdetail & item_id=72411

>

> [snip]

>

> > Any opinions on this supplement?

>

> Looks good to me, though I'd prefer to dump the plant sterols -- not

> sure why they are there.

>

> > I have been adding this to my CLO so I only get 100-200% DV as opposed

> > to the full 670% from a gelcap.

>

> That sounds like a fine way to do it. The best way to maximize

> absorption would be to sprinkle it out onto your food and mix it up

> well, but that's pretty inconvenient.

>

> Chris

The sterols are just naturally there from concentrating the palm

tocotrientols. There are only 580mcg of sterols in a capsule,

compared to 6 mg of sterols found in one tablespoon of Red Palm Oil

(using this as a reference

http://www.nonipacific.com/shopping/product_info.php?products_id=66 ).

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On 2/18/08, gdawson6 <gdawson6@...> wrote:

> The sterols are just naturally there from concentrating the palm

> tocotrientols. There are only 580mcg of sterols in a capsule,

> compared to 6 mg of sterols found in one tablespoon of Red Palm Oil

> (using this as a reference

> http://www.nonipacific.com/shopping/product_info.php?products_id=66 ).

Oh I see. Looks good then.

Chris

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So you would still prefer the palm oil over this?

If so, what brand and do you sprinkle your over food? Or take on an

empty stomach?

Which food?

On Feb 18, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Masterjohn wrote:

> ,

>

>> So I have been trying this -

>> http://www.nowfoods.com/index.php?action=itemdetail & item_id=72411

>

> [snip]

>

>> Any opinions on this supplement?

>

> Looks good to me, though I'd prefer to dump the plant sterols -- not

> sure why they are there.

>

>> I have been adding this to my CLO so I only get 100-200% DV as opposed

>> to the full 670% from a gelcap.

>

> That sounds like a fine way to do it. The best way to maximize

> absorption would be to sprinkle it out onto your food and mix it up

> well, but that's pretty inconvenient.

>

> Chris

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

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> So you would still prefer the palm oil over this?

Palm oil is good as a food source, but you can't get anywhere near the

levels found in supplements from food. So, if you have some reason

for using extra, you may wish to use a supplemental extract such as

this one.

That said, there is no reason you should need anywhere near the RDA

for vitamin E per day unless you are eating loads of rancid corn oil.

Otherwise, the reason to use it would be as a therapeutic dose to try

to treat something specific, IMO. The requirement for vitamin E is

dependent on PUFA intake, and it is better to reduce PUFA than to

increase vitamin E, although it seems good to do both, which palm oil

would help with since it is very high in E and low in PUFA.

> If so, what brand and do you sprinkle your over food? Or take on an

> empty stomach?

Never take vitamin E on an empty stomach. The more food and the more

fat the better. If you are using palm oil, I would not bother

spreading it out over the food any more than you naturally would from

its culinary use. If you are using a supplemental high dose of

vitamin E, you can increase absorption by spreading it out on the

greatest surface area of food.

Chris

[Guest guest]

Thanks

I will reduce PUFA's, but am without 1/2 my income so am hungry and eat

lots of peanut butter : ( So I probably need to take E if I can afford

it (not). I still need a brand you trust since I want every penny I

spend to mean something.

Thanks a lot.

On Feb 18, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Masterjohn wrote:

>> If so, what brand and do you sprinkle your over food? Or take on an

>> empty stomach?

>

> Never take vitamin E on an empty stomach. The more food and the more

> fat the better. If you are using palm oil, I would not bother

> spreading it out over the food any more than you naturally would from

> its culinary use. If you are using a supplemental high dose of

> vitamin E, you can increase absorption by spreading it out on the

> greatest surface area of food.

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On 2/19/08, Parashis <artpages@...> wrote:

> Thanks

>

> I will reduce PUFA's, but am without 1/2 my income so am hungry and eat

> lots of peanut butter : ( So I probably need to take E if I can afford

> it (not). I still need a brand you trust since I want every penny I

> spend to mean something.

The one that is using (NOW Tru-E) is pretty good. Their other E

products are also good. The importance of the tocotrienols isn't

clear, but you want to make sure that, in addition to

alpha-tocopherol, the product has some gamma-tocopherol. Most of

NOW's products add mixed tocopherols to it, which covers that.

Never use anything marked " dl-alpha-tocopherol " as opposed to

" d-alpha-tocopherol, " because the former is synthetic and not

biologically equivalent.

Chris