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Razrbak - 02 Mar 2005 14:49 GMT

The other day I was in Vitamin World to buy various stuff and some more
Vitamin E. They had the cheaper synthetic type and the natural for
twice the price. I was just going to buy the cheaper synthetic "DL"
kind when the clerk told me that it could cause liver damage and I
should go with the more expensive natural. I bought neither and walked
out because I sensed a shakedown.

Is this true? I wasn't able to find a single website or ng post to
support this and I think probably one works better than the other, but
I doubt the synthetic can cause liver damage.

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steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk - 02 Mar 2005 15:10 GMT

>The other day I was in Vitamin World to buy various stuff and some more
>Vitamin E. They had the cheaper synthetic type and the natural for
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>support this and I think probably one works better than the other, but
>I doubt the synthetic can cause liver damage.

Why worry about a supplement? Start using Grape Seed Oil in you food
preparation. It has more Vitamin E than you are ever likely to need.
It's natural and extremely inexpensive.

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Juhana Harju - 02 Mar 2005 15:22 GMT

::: The other day I was in Vitamin World to buy various stuff and some
::: more Vitamin E. They had the cheaper synthetic type and the natural
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:: preparation. It has more Vitamin E than you are ever likely to need.
:: It's natural and extremely inexpensive.

I thought that grape seed oil is a poor source of vitamin E. Can you
provide a refence for the vitamin E content of an unfortified grape seed
oil? And why do you think that grape seed oil would be good for food
preparation? It has a high content of polyunsatured fatty acids.

AFAIK, wheat germ oil is the best natural source of vitamin E.

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TC - 02 Mar 2005 15:27 GMT

> The other day I was in Vitamin World to buy various stuff and some more
> Vitamin E. They had the cheaper synthetic type and the natural for
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> support this and I think probably one works better than the other, but
> I doubt the synthetic can cause liver damage.

There is truth to it. Synthetic, processd, purified, individual
vitamins have been shown to cause problems sometimes.

I think it is due to the fact that many nutients do not act alone. Most
vitamins come in varied forms in natural foods. Our food sources have
never provided us with these nutrients in purified and isolated form.
We need our nutrients to be from complex-wholefood
multiple-nutrient-rich sources.

It is always better to get nutrients in forms that are the closest to
naturally occurring forms. ie real foods.

TC

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MMu - 04 Mar 2005 14:10 GMT

> There is truth to it. Synthetic, processd, purified, individual
> vitamins have been shown to cause problems sometimes.

I have not read about this anywhere yet -
any links or citations on this?

> It is always better to get nutrients in forms that are the closest to
> naturally occurring forms. ie real foods.

I second that.

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George Lagergren - 04 Mar 2005 20:12 GMT

> > There is truth to it. Synthetic, processd, purified, individual
> > vitamins have been shown to cause problems sometimes.
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>
> I second that.

Get one's nutrition from real food or take "food form"
vitamin
supplements which the body treats as a real food.

Examples of "food form" vitamin supplements are MegaFood
(Alpha)
and Standard Process brands.

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Phil Scott - 10 Mar 2005 21:07 GMT

> The other day I was in Vitamin World to buy various stuff and some more
> Vitamin E. They had the cheaper synthetic type and the natural for
> twice the price. I was just going to buy the cheaper synthetic "DL"
> kind when the clerk told me that it could cause liver damage and I
> should go with the more expensive natural. I bought neither and walked
> out because I sensed a shakedown.

Go back and apologize to the clerk...

> Is this true? I wasn't able to find a single website or ng post to
> support this and I think probably one works better than the other, but
> I doubt the synthetic can cause liver damage.

Natural has had many tests showing it is vastly superior
synthetic the fact you could not find those tests indicates
your search skills are not up to speed

Try googles "web tab with the word string 'vitamin E,
natural VS synthetic'

add 'liver damage' to the search if it doesnt come up on the
first search. Personally I had not heard of liver damage form
synthetic...but the superiority of natural is very well
established.

Phil Scott

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