Rhonda Patrick on Vitamin E

“Nutrition research has demonstrated the positive benefits of micronutrient supplementation such as vitamins D, E, B and omega-3 fatty acids on disease prevention and decreasing all-cause mortality.”

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“Supplemental vitamin E has been shown to prevent oxidation and prevent damage to DNA, which is a great thing if you don't have cancer.”

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“Vitamin E is a very important antioxidant especially for lipoproteins in the vascular system; it prevents them from being oxidized, which is a major contributing factor to atherosclerosis.”

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“Healthy adults who took one gram of vitamin C, 800 IU's of vitamin E or a placebo every day for two months looked at whether antioxidants could lower C reactive protein. The vitamin C and E decreased the reactive protein nearly 17 percent.”

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“Supplementation with vitamin c and e actually reduce the incidence of atherosclerotic lesions. This reduction in atherosclerotic lesions corresponded to an increase in plasma levels of vitamin E by 90%.”

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“Taking large doses of it larger than what RDA recommends, which is currently 22.4 IU a day, may not necessarily be a good thing.”

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“If one chooses to supplement with vitamin E, it's important to make sure the supplement has both alpha and gamma tocopherols present.”

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“Smokers' breast milk has lower levels of antioxidant vitamins like vitamin E, which could drive a pro-oxidative state in the infant.”

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“Individuals that have been given very high doses between 10 to 20 times the RDA, somewhere like 400 IU a day for two years, has been shown to deplete gamma tocopherol levels by as much as 50%.”

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“If we take that a step further and look at vitamin c taken in combination with other antioxidants such as vitamin E, it actually appears to blunt cellular adaptations to exercise.”

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“Giving mice supplemental vitamin E, something that's going to potently sequester reactive oxygen species, actually allows tumors to grow faster.”

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