Date:   8/17/2010 10:43:32 PM ( 15 y ago)
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 is this the supplement your thinking about and if not how do you rate it.

http://www.primordialperformance.com/store/tocotrienols_vitamine_toco8.html

No, that is not the one I am thinking of.  I like the mixture for the most part except two things.  They are measuring the vitamin Es in terms of milligrams, but vitamin Es are measured in terms of international units (IUs) so it impossible to tell how much you are actually getting in terms of the IUs you are supposed to get.

The second problem is the miniscule amount of CoQ₁₀ they put in there, which is only 10 micrograms (1000th of a milligram.   You need at least 200 milligrams of CoQ₁₀ daily to get any real benefit, but they don't even have 1mg in there.  In the industry this practice it called "fairy dusting".  Basically this means the manufacturer only puts a trace of an expensive ingredient in to their formula just so it can be listed on the label.  It is a very misleading practice since they rely on people not reading the amount, misreading the amount (microgram vs. milligram) or not knowing what is required to derive a benefit. They just want the consumer to see the CoQ₁₀ part and think "I have been hearing about that supplement and it is supposed to be very beneficial.  Well it would be if they put enough in there to have some effect on the body.  So the practice is very deceptive and I think it should be banned altogether.  And personally if I wee looking for a vitamin E supplement I would not buy that product just based on that.  After all if they are going to those lengths to be deceptive then what else are they going to be deceptive about?  Maybe that is why they are also listing the vitamin Es in milligrams instead of the standard IUs.

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