Vitamin Question

[The Red Dragon]

Are there any negative side effects from taking synthetic vitamins as opposed to natural vitamins?

 

[SubjectiveIllusion]

The only difference is the extraction process. The vitamins are exactly the same.

 

[anthrax]

There is little difference between the natural and synthetic forms of most vitamins.

But with vitamin E, natural is better (natural is almost always better)

On a supplement label, natural vitamin E is listed as d-alpha tocopherol, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate, or d-alpha tocopheryl succinate.
In contrast, synthetic forms of vitamin E are labeled with a dl- prefix. ((or mixed tocopherol)

Alpha-tocopherol is the most biologically active form of vitamin E, and its natural form consists of one isomer. In contrast, synthetic alpha-tocopherol contains eight different isomers, of which only one (about 12 percent of the synthetic molecule) is identical to natural vitamin E.

 

[obiwan9962]

the way it was explained to me in biochemistry
was the body has receptors which are similiar to gloves
now lets say the receptors are right handed gloves
real vitamins are right handed
while most synthetics are left handed

 

[anthrax]

the way it was explained to me in biochemistry
was the body has receptors which are similiar to gloves
now lets say the receptors are right handed gloves
real vitamins are right handed
while most synthetics are left handed

Right, it is the D, L and DL forms
(DL = both D and L forms)