Comments on: Should diabetics begin taking high doses of Vitamin E? http://www.metabolism.com/2008/08/22/diabetics-high-doses-vitamin/ Metabolism, weight loss, diabetes, thyroid and more. Join the experts! Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:31:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Clinical Nutritionist http://www.metabolism.com/2008/08/22/diabetics-high-doses-vitamin/comment-page-1/#comment-3695 Clinical Nutritionist Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:27:21 +0000 http://metabolism.defaultroute.net/?p=145#comment-3695 Hi Samhain.... I thought I would chime in about your Vitamin D and Vitamin E questions. Yes, Vitamin D3 is the appropriate supplement form, considered the "active" form of Vitamin D. Remember Vitamin D is actually a hormone and is produced from a cholesterol compound found on our skin in the presence of UV light from sun. We can produce up to 10,000 units of Vitamin D in about an hour in the sun, at the right time of day, season and latitude. Vitamin D is important to so many systems in our bodies, including the GI tract where it helps us to absorb calcium. As far as Vitamin E, it is actually a combination of 8 elements, 4 tocopherols and 4 tocotrienes. Most supplements are synthetic and only composed of d,l alpha tocopherol, SO if studies looked at only synthetic alpha tocopherol, they would not necessarily applied to natural forms of Vitamin E. 2,000 IU is an excessively high dose and may cause bleeding problems. Also, you may be referring to a meta-analysis that was done of all of the Vitamin E published studies. Some showed that people on the higher doses of Vitamin E died earlier HOWEVER those were the people who already had established heart disease and other maladies. I now research can be so confusing! THE BOTTOM LINE is to eat the most nutrient dense diet, including natural forms of Vitamin E and others. You can then add targeted nutrition support... and as always, Consider having an individualized consultation! http://www.metabolism.com/beth-ellen-diluglio/ Beth Ellen DiLuglio, MS, RD, CNSD, CCN, LD/N In regards to this reply please read the our terms of service at:http://www.metabolism.com/legal_disclaimer/ Hi Samhain…. I thought I would chime in about your Vitamin D and Vitamin E questions.
Yes, Vitamin D3 is the appropriate supplement form, considered the “active” form of Vitamin D. Remember Vitamin D is actually a hormone and is produced from a cholesterol compound found on our skin in the presence of UV light from sun. We can produce up to 10,000 units of Vitamin D in about an hour in the sun, at the right time of day, season and latitude. Vitamin D is important to so many systems in our bodies, including the GI tract where it helps us to absorb calcium.

As far as Vitamin E, it is actually a combination of 8 elements, 4 tocopherols and 4 tocotrienes. Most supplements are synthetic and only composed of d,l alpha tocopherol, SO if studies looked at only synthetic alpha tocopherol, they would not necessarily applied to natural forms of Vitamin E. 2,000 IU is an excessively high dose and may cause bleeding problems. Also, you may be referring to a meta-analysis that was done of all of the Vitamin E published studies. Some showed that people on the higher doses of Vitamin E died earlier HOWEVER those were the people who already had established heart disease and other maladies. I now research can be so confusing!
THE BOTTOM LINE is to eat the most nutrient dense diet, including natural forms of Vitamin E and others. You can then add targeted nutrition support… and as always,

Consider having an individualized consultation!
http://www.metabolism.com/beth-ellen-diluglio/

Beth Ellen DiLuglio, MS, RD, CNSD, CCN, LD/N
In regards to this reply please read the our terms of service at:http://www.metabolism.com/legal_disclaimer/

]]> By: Samhain http://www.metabolism.com/2008/08/22/diabetics-high-doses-vitamin/comment-page-1/#comment-3679 Samhain Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:55:45 +0000 http://metabolism.defaultroute.net/?p=145#comment-3679 I thought there were risks and adverse reactions mentioned in a few studies of vitamin E over 2000 IU? I thought there were risks and adverse reactions mentioned in a few studies of vitamin E over 2000 IU?

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