SP wheat germ oil and vitamin E

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I've been searching for an IU amount on SP's wheat germ oil, and can't find

one anywhere. According to <A

HREF= " http://www.bzz1.com/naturalhealthdoc/?product=2805 " >Natural Health Doc</A>

, specifically in reagard to

vitamin E in wheat germ oil, " Reading Labels:

Avid label readers looking for elevated amount of certain vitamins or

minerals will not find them when they examine Standard Process labels. All

Standard

Process products embrace the opposite of the mega-dose theory of nutrient

supplementation. "

Since 400 IU of vitamin E is the average supplement, I don't understand why

they'd say this about SP vitamin E if it was so high, i.e. normal.

I couldn't find any direct info, but I found what I've listed below.

Cataplex E is supposed to be differentiated from wheat germ oil in that you take

WGO

if you have reproductive problems due to other compounds, and Cataplex E I've

actually found figures for, which are miniscule.

If anyone has figures on this that are available on the net for

cross-referencing please post them. Read on if you'd like for what I could

find, as poor

as it is.

Chris

This isn't the wheat germ oil product, but I found this on Cataplex E:

" Standard Process Cataplex E is a 2.5 International Unit product. Each tablet

contains 2.5 International Units of alpha-tocopherol. The remainder of the

tablet is composed of all the other vitamin E components and factors. How do the

high potency vitamin E products work? By utilizing the active components of

the E complex which still remain in the users tissues. " <A

HREF= " http://natural_vitamin_e.myhealthstore.com/ " >Standard Process

natural whole food vitamin and mineral supplements.</A>

I found the following on wheat germ oil, but it doesn't say how much vitamin

E is utilized from the wheat germ oil, which leads me to believe it is

negligible compared to the soy source, which is in accord with Enig's data to my

understanding: (Is this the product you use Suze?)

" Wheat Germ Oil Fortified - Introduced in 1976 and is a member of these

product groups: Phytonutrients, Vegetarian, Vitamins

Wheat germ oil is one of the richest sources of complete vitamin E complex.

Vitamin E is an important nutrient necessary for numerous metabolic processes

inside the body. Soy is an excellent source of hormone precursors, antioxidants

such as vitamin E, essential fatty acids, lecithin, and isoflavones. Wheat

Germ Oil Fortified is strengthened with 50 I.U. of natural vitamin E extracted

from soybean oil. †

Content Product No. 80 Perles 8300

Suggested Use: One perle per meal, or as directed.

Other Ingredients: Gelatin, soybean oil extract, glycerin, water, and carob.

Supplement Facts:

Serving size: 1 Perle

Servings per container: 80

Each serving contains: %DV

Calories 2

Vitamin E 50 IU 170%

Wheat Germ Oil 245 mg " From <A

HREF= " http://www.newhealthproviders.com/vitamins/standardprocess/wheatgeroilf.ht\

ml " >Wheat Germ Oil Fortified 80 Perles, Standard

Process</A>

This one doesn't list an IU figure at all:

" Wheat Germ Oil - Introduced in 1939 and is a member of these product groups:

Phytonutrients, Vegetarian, Vitamins

Wheat Germ Oil is one of the richest sources of complete vitamin E complex.

Vitamin E is a very important nutrient, beneficial in numerous metabolic

processes throughout the body. †

Content Product No. 60 Perles 8225

Suggested Use: One perle per meal, or as directed.

Other Ingredients: Gelatin, glycerin, water, and carb.

Supplement Facts:

Serving size: 1 Perle

Servings per container: 60

Each serving contains: %DV

Calories 3

Wheat Germ Oil 385 mg

Each perle supplies 385 mg wheat germ oil. "

A 385 mg supplement can't possibly have 400 IU of vitamin E unless it is a

vitamin E extract, or else wheat germ oil would be almost pure vitamin E and no

fat.

If that's what the product is, then I guess it would be a decent supplement,

but it doesn't appear to be.

According to this site <A

HREF= " http://www.becomehealthynow.com/category/suppsoctacosonal/ " >Octacosonal</A\

> wheat germ oil is 65% by weight vitamin

E, which completely contradicts Enig's information.