Re: RE: On Vitamin E Supplements

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Sally Fallon states in Nourishing Traditions that vitamin F is ocurring in

growing plants that are high in vitamin E. Vitamin F is the more effective of

nutrients than vit E and is protected by vit E. Vitamin F is in wheat germ oil.

Yours Truly,

Dan Holt

On Apr 13, 2009, at 6:17 AM, Laree Kline <lareekline@...> wrote:

THANKS so much for this, Chris! I went to the Standard Process site and they

didn't explain this at all but did say that wheat germ oil is one of the richest

sources of the complete vitamin E complex. Don't know how to verify that with

such incomplete information. Can you recommend some good sites for accurate

information?

Thanks!

Laree

It is correct that dl is synthetic and d is natural. The dl is a mix of

eight isomers of alpha-tocopherol, one of which is the same as the natural

one. However, natural vitamin E comes in eight isoforms, alpha, beta,

gamma, and delta for each of tocopherols and tocotrienols. So with

dl-alpha-tocopherol, only an eighth of it is what you want, and that portion

is only an eighth of what is found in nature.

Ideally, your supplement should be a mixed tocopherols and mixed

tocotrienols. I would consider a mixed tocopherol supplement to be

acceptable as a compromise. The two isoforms you MUST have are

alpha-tocopherol and gamma-tocopherol. If you supplement with

alpha-tocopherol alone, you will block transport of gamma-tocopherol from

food, which is the ONLY tocopherol that is capable of neturalizing

nitrogen-based radicals.

Chris