Article: The Form Counts: Fat-Soluble Vitamins.

Previously, naturally derived vitamin E was rated 30% more active than synthetically derived vitamin E. A new report, issued jointly in July 2000 by the Antioxidant Panel of the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine, and the National Academy of Sciences, noted that the difference is even greater than previously stated. Naturally derived vitamin E supplements have been found to be twice as potent as the synthetically derived ones. Natural sources, from plants, are fully recognized and utilized by the body. Synthetic sources, from petroleum, contain Some substances that the body does not recognize as vitamin E, and does not utilize.

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