Vitamin E observation

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I had almost run out of Tanner's vitamin E. We use the High Gamma E

Tocopherol from Vitamin World which has a 1/1 ratio of alpha to gamma

E. 200 of each. The one time I raised Tanner's alpha and not the

gamma he regressed so I know for him for some reason and some of the

older children like him they need that 1/1 ratio of alpha to gamma.

Don't know why.

Anyway I was running low on Tanner's vitamin E and didn't feel like

stopping at the mall (which is where my Vitamin World is) so instead

stopped at Vitamin Shoppe right outside the mall and found " Unique E "

To me it looked kind of the same -but twice as expensive- but figured

I'd try it.

here is the dosage

Nutrition Information: Each capsule of Unique E Complex contains 400

IU of d-alpha tocopherol, the anti-thrombosis factor, and at least

36% d-gamma tocopherol (300 mg), with 132 mg of d-delta and d-beta

tocopherol. The d-gamma, d-beta, and d-delta tocopherol are the

critical antioxidants that protect against harmful free radicals.

Used it for just 3 days and Tanner last night I noticed Tanner was

unusually " bumpy " when he tried to talk. I also noticed that morning

he didn't want to take his fish oils but didn't know why. When I

questioned him about him being " bumpy " Tanner said it was because of

the fish oils and he didn't want to take them anymore because as soon

as he took them he had trouble talking and my speech (he said)

is " shot to heck! " So I said calmly " Tanner you've been speaking

great for years now and I only noticed you being bumpy tonight. How

long have you noticed it? So he said the last few days every time he

took his fish oils. That's when it hit me and I said " Tanner it's

not the fish oil it's your vitamin E! Remember I bought that new one

and was giving you 2 capsules of that and 2 capsules of your other

one because we were running low? " (I'm pretty good about switching

oils for my kids so knew not to go cold turkey and just cut the

dosage 1/2 and still had enough for at least a week of the high gamma

e with the 1/2 dosage)

I had already stopped and picked up a bottle of the High Gamma E

Tocopherol from Vitamin World last I was at the mall- not because I

had noticed anything but because it was so much cheaper and didn't

notice any added benefit to the unique E. So this morning I (of

course) gave Tanner his 4 capsules of the High Gamma E Tocopherol and

all is back to normal with his speech. It did look like the unique E

was around the same -the gamma was just a bit lower so don't know if

it's something else?

It's funny that Tanner would blame the fish oils when he's been on

them since before 3 years old (he's just turned 12) and the vitamin E

only for the past few -but Tanner LOVES the vitamin E. I had to

explain to him that just like fish oils there are different formulas

of vitamin E and for whatever reason he appears to need a 1/1 ratio

of the alpha to the gamma.

Unlike the fish oils we don't know as much here about the differences

in formula and dosage yet -and many of us use different brands. I

know some here use the unique E or so I thought which was one of the

reasons I bought it.

unique E

http://www.drrons.com/unique-e.htm

Tanner's high gamma

http://www.vitaminworld.com/pages/file.asp?PID=1111 & CID=781 & CPID=2112

Has anyone else here noticed what I did with changes in the brand of

E?

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