Partner Series—Decoding the Elusive Vitamin E: Why Tocotrienol Trumps Tocopherol

INSIDER Partner Series

Unknown to many, the tocotrienol subfamily of vitamin E possesses powerful properties that are not exhibited by tocopherols. A considerable fraction of today's nutritional community assumes that vitamin E is synonymous with tocopherol. The reality is that natural vitamin E includes at least eight chemically distinct molecules, and an expanding body of evidence supports that these are functionally unique. Surprisingly, alpha-tocopherol was found to interfere with tocotrienol's unique benefits, confirming the need for nature-sourced, tocopherol-free tocotrienol products. In this Webinar, world-expert Dr. Barrie Tan will decode the confusing and contradictory information on vitamin E, elucidating the highly active tocotrienols with emphasis on benefits of the most potent delta- and gamma-isoforms: cholesterol-reduction, cancer inhibition and mechanisms, antioxidant status, bioavailability, and eye benefits. Newest pre-clinical and clinical studies will be discussed.

Now, with the first-ever book on tocotrienol just published, Tocotrienols: Vitamin E Beyond Tocopherols, this supplement has moved into the nutritional spotlight, causing a reevaluation of current vitamin E formulations and innovation in new exceptional products. Dr. Tan also will discuss stand-alone and adjunct product formulations and benefits of tocopherol-free DeltaGold® tocotrienol.

Speaker:

Barrie Tan, Ph.D., earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry and doctorate in analytical chemistry at the University of Otago, New Zealand, and later became a professor of chemistry and food science/nutrition at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His research expertise included lipid-soluble materials such as carotenoids, tocotrienols/tocopherols, CoQ10, omega-3s and cholesterol. He was the first to introduce tocotrienol's benefits to the nutrition industry. He founded American River Nutrition Inc. in 1998 and developed the first-ever tocopherol-free tocotrienol product derived from annatto beans. Today, the focus of his research is on phytonutrients that have an impact on chronic, degenerative and cancer diseases.

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