Taking vitamin E linked to osteoporosis

too much of anything is bad.

I want to know why vitamin E could stimulate the generation of bone-degrading cells.

Another great article which fails to mention if these studies were conducted on synthetic vitamin E or natural vitamin E provided by whole foods, nuts, seeds, wheat germ and various high-quality nutritional supplements. To review what has happened here, these studies looked at the health effect of a synthetic chemical that has been misnamed "vitamin E" because it has a similar molecular structure. In fact, this synthetic vitamin E has the opposite molecular structure of natural vitamin E. Yet researchers, scientists and journalists in the mainstream press continue to call this synthetic chemical "vitamin E" and thereby are scaring potentially millions of people away from taking nutritional supplements that are very beneficial to their health.

You are right Foxie, its all about scaring people away from natural products, so they will come up with a miracle way to get supplements that only one company can sell on tv.

seems there is a study for almost everything that tells you it is either good or bad for you. what is a boy to do?

"It is possible that with the volume (of vitamin E) contained in health supplements, bones may become fragile," Takeda told the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper.

Well, does it?

Or doesn't it?

Make your mind up, guy.

Vitamin E is found naturally in various foods including vegetable oil, nuts and some leafy vegetables.

There is your answer. If you are trying to get your nutrition from these sources, you should expect not to be healthy. Fats and protein from meat sources is the absolute best way to go.

wipeout: Synthetic vitamin E is called dl-alpha-tocopheryl-acetate, look out for the 'dl' (natural vit. E starts with 'd'). This form has for many years been regarded as inferior to natural d-alpha-tocopherol: the l- form present in the synthetic vitamin is not recognized by the body and may actually prevent the d- form from entering cell membranes to do its work. Synthetic vitamin E has no more than half the biological potency of the natural vitamin.

If you are trying to get your nutrition from these sources, you should expect not to be healthy. Fats and protein from meat sources is the absolute best way to go.

There is no 'absolute best way' in nutrition. Baking, broiling or cooking meat or eggs at high temperatures will eliminate much of the useful vitamin E that they contain, so if you're eating these foods specifically for their Vitamin E content, you're on a loser. UNless you eat your meat and eggs raw..

http://www.livestrong.com/article/314039-sources-of-vitamin-e-oil/#ixzz1oOOebVU0

Foxie has it right - the richest sources of vitamin E in a balanced diet are vegetable oils, nuts and dark green veggies. These foods also provide other benefits, and should figure in any healthy diet. I get none of my fats and protein from meat sources (except dairy and eggs) and I'm ridiculously healthy.

I will pass on the plate of grass and weeds.

will pass on the plate of grass and weeds.

Eat what you like, ironchef. But don't come crying when you've got snappy bones, obesity, heart disease, clogged arteries and kidney problems, all of which are the result of too much animal-based fat and protein. Not to mention bad breath and chronic benpi from a diet deficient in complex carbs/fibre.

Makes me laugh when people call a health plate of veggies 'grass and weeds' and opt instead for a plate of ...charred carrion.

i won't. I am not an ungulate so i lack the four stomachs to utilize cellulose food.

People, don't get fooled by vegans such as above. Grains/veggies are a vastly inferior source of nutrition.

You won't what?

Won't eat what you like? That's up to you.

Won't come crying? Fine.

Won't suffer from the physical effects of a meat-based, complex-carb deficient diet? Hang in there. It's just a matter of time.

don't get fooled by vegans such as above

Mm, there are no vegans on this thread as far as I can see. See where I own up to dairy and eggs? (Hint: vegans don't eat dairy and eggs). More than enough animal-based fat and protein there. If grains/veggies are the 'vastly inferior source of nutrition' you claim they are, whence comes my robust good health?

I am not an ungulate

Hang on! Are you calling me a cow?

i lack the four stomachs to utilize cellulose food

I see you know very little about digestion. You're not supposed to digest cellulose; the fibre in your diet (in a balanced, healthy diet) is there to bulk up your pooh and help get the nasties out of your system sooner rather than later, without the horrors and discomfort of constipation. Without cellulose, your poohs will be very small and hard and difficult to pass. Add bowel cancer and piles to your list of future medical conditions to look forward to.

The news story may leave out some important details. Were the study group supplementing with Vitamin A? Vitamin A is a Vitamin D protagonist. Vitamin D helps metabolize calcium. Lack of calcium leads to loss of bone density. Perhaps the group, like the majority of those > 35 degrees latitude, are vitamin D deficient.