Comment · Mon, April 25, 2022 · ND Owner
The new optimized Vitamin E
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callitblues · 26 points
Start off with the fact that I appreciate ND a lot. I've been a customer for years and follow closely for anything new.
But I couldn't understand the point this time.
If actually aiming for an optimized d-alpha tocopherol supplement, one probably expects the formulation of something like D-alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate (TPGS) - this is a derivative that seems like a very stable water-soluble version that also acts as an absorption enhancer by itself (similar to piperine). In a glance, just a truly superior version, as far as alpha-tocopherol can go.
...that's how I normally view ND. Always in advance to a degree. So creating an optimized Vitamin E as straight up d-alpha-tocopheryl succinate just seems a little bit odd now.
For a split second I had to hypothesize the actual reason for this release is just an excess of Vitamin E supply you had from the OmegaTAU. I wasn't sure it is as optimized as I wanted to guess: the dose is low (unexpectedly my multivitamin appeared to contain 2x the dosage in the same form) and from my quick research the human evidence for superior pharmacokinetics isn't much there as well.
From my point of view, there is so much more…
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hagosantaclaus · 3 points
Call it “mixed tocopherols”
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
That would be fine.