Info on Vitamin E from a Tishcon email I got today.

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Can too much vitamin E (400IU or more per day) increase the risk of

all-cause mortality?

In an article published in November 2004 in the ls of Internal Medicine,

researchers at s Hopkins examined 19 different vitamin E studies between

1966 and 2004 to a meta-analysis. The total number of subjects (age 47 - 84

years old) in these 19 studies was 135,967. The dosages of vitamin E ranged

from 16.5 to 2000 IU per day. The meta-analysis suggests that too much of

vitamin E (400IU or more per day) increases the risk of all-cause mortality.

We have a new page up on this Vitamin E study on the epic4health web site.

Our page is a pretty conservative answer to this question and we quote one

source saying " Meta-analyses are often highly speculative because of the

different variables in each of the studies such as source of vitamin E

(natural or synthetic), study duration, health/disease condition of

subjects, etc. Hence, they by no means definitive proof of anything, due to

the lack of uniform protocols and patient groups. " Other people have been

MUCH MORE NEGATIVE about the study. An email from n Whitaker, M.D.

called the recommendation " absurd " .

In addition, we have asked the scientists at Tishcon Corp to give us their

comments on this new Vitamin E controversy. When we receive their feedback

we will post it on the web site.

We certainly do not want to appear " self-serving " in our comments about this

issue -- especially since we do sell Vitamin E and products containing

Vitamin E. However, as a personal observation, it often seems that the media

tends to over dramatize stories like this. Remember the headlines - Coffee

is BAD. Followed a month or so later by Coffee is GOOD. You can substitute

Chocolate for Coffee and probably a number of other terms!

Bottom line, we are not doctors and we always suggest you discuss medical

questions with your local health care professional. In the meantime, if you

are concerned with your Vitamin E intake, please consider our Chew Q

chewable CoQ10 products -- they contain NO Vitamin E. If you want to stick

with a soft gel -- the Q-Gel Forte, our 30mg product, only contains 6 IU of

Vitamin E per softgel, (the Q-Gel Forte Mini softgel, selling above,

contains 19 IU of Vitamin E per softgel).

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