Choosing the most appropriate supplementation for optimum health and longevity can be a perplexing process. This episode is the first of a series, over the coming months, in which we will focus on a single nutrient and its importance for our every day health.

Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant. It is important to maintain the immune system and cellular health. It is found in many foods but do our diets provide enough for our needs? Dr. Barrie Tan is a leading expert on vitamin E. A biochemist, he is the President of American River Nutrition, a natural health research and development company, located in Hadley, Massachusetts, and a longtime researcher into the health benefits from a form of the vitamin called tocotrienol.

We explore how it differs from the more commonly known form, tocopherol, and why it matters.

In this interview we cover:

• The discovery, in 1922, of alpha-tocopherol vitamin E - and four decades later, tocotrienol.
• What's the difference?
• Dr. Tan's journey from Malaysia to Massachusetts
• The annatto plant - sometime called the lipstick plant and its significance as a source of tocotrienol.
• The importance of vitamin E for cellular health and especially cell walls.
• Can we get enough vitamin E from our diets?
• The relationship between vitamin E and stresses on the body
• Should vitamin E levels be a regular
• Identifying signs of a vitamin E deficiency
• Differentiating between vitamin E supplements and why they don't all come equal
• Avoiding snake oil by scrutinizing indepenedent research
• Longevity aspirations
• Are multi-vitamins worth taking?

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