Understanding Natural Vitamin E
Natural Vitamin E is well known for helping to prevent heart attacks and cardiovascular disease; there exists an abundance of clinical evidence that supports this. There are also many other benefits of Vitamin E that you should be aware of. It is our view that the natural forms of vitamins are always better than the the man made chemical forms, and in the case of vitamin E this is definitely true. Natural Vitamin E Vs. Synthetic E On a supplement label, natural vitamin E is listed as d-alpha tocopherol, d-alpha Tocopherol acetate, or d-alpha Tocopherol succinate. In contrast, the synthetic or chemical form of vitamin E is labeled with the dl- prefix. Unfortunately most mass produced vitamins have the synthetic dl-alpha-tocopherol . The cellular activity of natural-source Alpha-tocopherol on an equal weight basis is two times greater than synthetic dl alpha-tocopherol. This is due to the fact that 50% of the stereoisomers of synthetic dl alpha-tocopherol are left-handed isomers, hence the l in dl tocopherol, and are not maintained in human plasma, having absolutely no beneficial biologic activity. There are Actually 8 Types of Natural Vitamin E A lot of people think of vitamin E as one specific vitamin, but in fact, the real "Natural Vitamin E" that is found in nature is a collection of 8 fat soluble compounds, that together make up the full spectrum of natures true Vitamin E.
The vast majority of Vitamin E supplement on the market only contain one form of Vitamin E, mostly synthetic dl-alpha tocopherol, or the more preferred natural version d-alpha tocopherol. Synthetic Vitamin E increases risk of Prostate Cancer In Oct 2011 the Journal of the American Medical Assoction reported on the long term follow up of a 114 million dollar goverment study that showed that taking synthetic vitamamin E increased the risk of prostate cancer by 17%. It is important to note here that in the study they noted that the men taking synthetic alpha tocopherol alone depleted gamma tocopherol in there body by 45% Gamma tocopherol is the type of vitamin e most abundant in food, and supplementation of just alpha tocopherol ends up depleting gamma tocopherol in the body; therefore it is not advisable to take just the alpha tocopherol form of E. Gamma tocopherol is the cancer fighting form of Vitamin E that has been overlooked by our culture and is absent in most Vitaman e supplements. In order to get the full benefits of vitamin E for cancer prevention and heart health, it is important to get the best Natural full spectrum Vitamin E supplement like TocoSpan.
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