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Choose products with the right form of vitamin E
Importance of the Right Form of Vitamin E
In spite of the fact that there are many different tocopherols, the alpha form has become synonymous with vitamin E since it has the highest bioactivity, especially when taken orally, and is the major form used in dietary supplements. It is very important to purchase vitamin E skincare products with the right form of vitamin E. Skin is a very complex system that protects the body against negative environmental stresses like pollutants, bacteria, UV radiation, and aging.
Many of these stressors can induce free radical formation that damages DNA. To combat these negative aspects, vitamin E should be in its free alcohol form, and not in the blocked acetate form. Unfortunately, manufacturers have esterified or added chemical groups such as acetic acid, making alpha tocopherol acetate to increase the stability of alpha tocopherol. However, by doing this they have essentially blocked the active antioxidant site on alpha tocopherol.
Therefore, it is disturbing that alpha tocopherol acetate is the form of vitamin E used in most commercial skin lotions and creams while the active mix of alpha tocopherol, beta tocopherol, gamma tocopherol, and delta tocopherol are not being utilized. Now, even if manufacturers use the correct form of vitamin E, it is usually used in very small amounts and only for labeling and marketing purposes.
Additionally, alpha tocopherol in its free or blocked form is the main ingredient of choice due to its popularity in dietary supplements, while it is well known that gamma tocopherol and delta tocopherol have the highest in vitro antioxidant activity of the mixed tocopherol family. For these reasons, the vitamin E used in Soft-E-Lotion is mixed tocopherols, which has very high levels of gamma tocopherol and delta tocopherol. These all natural mixed tocopherols are in the free alcohol/active form and have been incorporated into the vitamin E hand lotion at high levels (above 5%).
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