Monday, December 2, 2013

Tocotrienols - The Next Generation of Vitamin E

So what's new to know about the already well-known antioxidant, vitamin E? Quite a lot, considering that a new-and-improved, next-generation vitamin E is now available: Tocotrienols. What makes it so significant is that tocotrienols supply more than you're probably getting from your regular vitamin E supplement.To understand why, you should know that vitamin E is not a single vitamin, but rather a family of eight active compounds technically known as "isomers." Isomers are molecules with similar chemical characteristics, but with slightly different variations in structure. The eight isomers consists of four tocopherols and four tocotrienols (in both cases represented and differentiated by one of the first four letters of the Geek alphabet: alpha, beta, gamma and delta). Of these, alpha-tocopherol is the sole version found in most vitamin formulas.So if you're just taking alpha-tocopherol, you may not be getting the full benefit of the entire vitamin E complex. That's because the eight isomers in vitamin E have different biological activities and deliver different therapeutic benefits. Tocotrienols, for example, have been shown in animal studies to possess antioxidant activity that is 40 times greater than that of tocopherols. And among the tocopherols, gamma-tocopherol may be a more potent antioxidant than alpha-tocopherol.Even so, all eight isomers work synergistically and are more potent as a team. For this reason, many health-care professionals are now recommending that you supplement with a vitamin E product that delivers a daily dose of the entire complex (tocotrienols + tocopherols) so that you get a wider measure of protection.



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