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Amazing anti-aging vitamin antioxidant eh? Yes, but read the fine lines here: Vitamin E has been an extremely popular antioxidant vitamin in recent years. To delay aging and preserve youthful skin, many people take this supplement daily in high doses, unsuspecting that it can possibly do more harm than good.

In clinical studies, an average adult’s daily recommended oral dosage is 1-3 times a day, 10-100 mg per application.In general, people purchase the cheap version (acetate version) of this vitamin, because it is a very available, basic supplement and is taken every day over long periods of time.  If you buy a low-cost production, poorly formulated Vitamin E and use high and consistent doses of this supplement, it could lead to many adverse effects.

Early in the overdose phase, symptoms include weakening of the immune system.  Some people experience ease of dizziness and blurry eyesight, inflammation at the corners of the mouth, women may experience scarcity of period flow or even stop in menstrual flow.  In later phases of overdose, possible symptoms include irregular metabolism of hormones and enzymes, triggering muscular atrophy, causing breasts to swell and making women more prone to breast and milk duct inflammations.

For those of you thinking Vitamin E creams are the next wrinkle cure, be warned.  Poorly formulated Vitamin E creams can be a notorious skin irritant and add to the “glycation” (wrinkle-formation) process.  Some people experience rashes, small red bumps, and allergic or topical dermatitis reactions when using skin care products containing Vitamin E (especially in tocopheryl acetate forms).  When this happens immediately stop using the product, because not only is the poor-quality Vitamin E causing inflammation and immune reactions, it can also bind to free radicals and eventually form AGE (advance glycosylation endproducts, precursors of wrinkles) in your skin.  If you are not allergic to Vitamin E and want to use a Vitamin E product, please choose a cream with a high quality Vitamin E formulation that uses mixed natural tocopherols (alpha to delta mix), or better yet, tocotrienols.

Getting your vitamin E dosage from natural, wholesome foods and high quality formulations also ensures that you are getting the CORRECT mixture of vitamin E intake.  There are different forms of vitamin E and the most generic chemical form present in most of our vitamin supplements is alpha-tocopherol.  This form is the least effective in protecting against breast cancer and aging.  In many instances, alpha-tocopherols, tocopheryl acetates and similar, cheaper Vitamin E varieties aren’t even absorbed by our cells.  On the other hand, the most potent and “beneficial” form of vitamin E, gamma-tocopherol and tocotrienols, are quickly and efficiently used by our cells and provide powerful antioxidation, protective, and anti-inflammatory actions. However, high quality tocotrienol and gamma-tocopherol mixtures are extremely expensive to produce in high concentration supplement form or in topical formulas.

I recommend that vitamin E supplement intake should be limited to 100IU a day with high quality, mixed Vitamin E containing tocotrienols and gamma-tocopherols.We should also try to get some vitamin E from natural foods, such as vegetable oil, green leafy veggies, animal innards (eews huh? but worth the grossness), legumes, egg yolk, squashes, lean meat, and peanuts.  The natural mixture of Vitamin E present in our food is superior in quality, cheaper, and safer for consumption than many vitamin pills.  If you need extra supplementation, it is best to consult your physician first and proceed under professional guidance.