Garden of Life Vitamin E - Vitamin Code Raw Vitamin E Supplement with Vitamins A, D & K Plus Selenium, Fruit, Veggies & Probiotics, 60 Vegetarian Capsules, 125mg Whole Food Vitamin E for Heart Health

Lot of false claims. Look at the latest supplement …

Lot of false claims. Look at the latest supplement facts on garden of life website. They call out Vitamin E 250 IU or 833% of daily value. Only alpha tocopherol can be considered for dv as per (https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminE-HealthProfessional/) . So the mention of vitamin e 250 IU is only alpha tocopherol which is equivalent to 168 mg of alpha tocopherol. Then in lower part of the supplement facts they mention 4 mg of mixed tocopherol(i.e 4 todotrienol and 2 tocopherol). Bottom line 168 mg of alpha tocopherol and only 4 mg of 6 other vitamin e spectrum. Also vitamin code as a brand is not food derived vitamins. It is "RAW" whole food vitamin(not to be confused with english word raw, it is just a trademark RAW) as they call it, "whole food" they mean they cultivate by adding isolated/synthetic vitamin to yeast/bacteria and cultivate whole food. They don't mention what is the source of the vitamin cultivated in yeast/bacteria whether it is synthetic or food derived. For namesake they just add fruit and vegetable blend which is very less and there is no mention of how this blend contributes to the vitamins

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Great For Skin And Hair

I started noticing that I was losing a lot of hair during a particularly stressful time of my life. I started supplementing with Garden of Life's Vitamin Code Vitamin E. I saw results almost immediately and within a few weeks, while still being under a great deal of stress, that my hair wasn't falling out anymore. I had been noticing lots of hair in the sink, the shower, and in my hand if I ran my fingers through my hair. After a few weeks on this product, the hair loss stopped and I noticed that my skin was not nearly as dry as it was. After seeing the effects of Garden of Life's Vitamin E, I began almost exclusively using Garden of Life supplements and I couldn't be happier. A great brand and a great product that I highly recommend

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Best Vitamin E pills I know

I've bought over the years different brands of vitamin E: Costco / Kirkland, Target's Simply Balanced, etc. But this one is the best. It's really high quality. It's the best I was able to find on the market after a lot of comparison. I've been taking it for about a month and interestingly enough, the biggest improvement I've noticed is my vision. I am nearsighted (myopia) but I had been getting major blurry vision and headaches recently but now the blurry vision and headaches are gone since I started taking it

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I like other products from this brand, but I'm not impressed by this one…

I like the concept of this product, but at nearly $20.00, it's only a 30 day supply. You have to take 2 capsules which then amounts to 250iu of vitamin E, which in my opinion is extremely low. I would like to take between 400iu and 500iu a day, so in order to achieve that I would have to spend about $40.00 a month for this brand of vitamin E. VIT(triangle)MIN CODE supplements seem like decent products but I'd like to see it at a more affordable price. For now, I will continue to stick with the Now Foods brand, and Mega Foods. You also have to wonder why on a lot of the wording on the packaging of this product is trademarked. For instance, The word Vitamin contains a graphic, and after the word "CODE" there's a TM symbol. Again, where it reads "RAW VITAMIN E" there's a TM symbol. Again after the the words, "Code Factors" there's another TM. The word "Raw Food-Created Nutrients" is also followed by another TM. So, I am going to do more research into this and write an article once I know exactly the reason for this. It seems extremely odd to have to trademark common words, unless of course there's a reason for this. My question is, is the product truly RAW, or is the word RAW considered a graphic, along with the word VITAMIN. Actually, they don't use the word vitamin. They use the letters VIT, a triangle, and then the letters MIN. So, this is actually a graphic and not the word vitamin. I don't like that their vitamins come in a box. It's extremely wasteful and unnecessary, and it drives the cost of the vitamins up. The glass bottle is sufficient

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Best Brand for the money

I give this product 5 star due to the fact that it is "derived from RAW, whole-food created nutrients. These types of supplements and vitamins are untreated, unadulterated and uncooked and are naturally cultivated - similar to the process of growing plants". I did a little research before buying this brand, I also purchased "garden of life probiotics for kids". My grandson has asthma, he is always home from school for colds/flu. His mom always had anti-biotic from the Dr. just the very name and nature of antibiotic verse probiotics seem contrary to what the body needed so I ordered it for him; it has been 10 months so far this winter and he has had not one cold. Sorry, did not mean to get off the subject of this product. Anyway, since raw whole foods are the best way of getting vitamin E and I do not eat raw whole foods the way I need and should this is a better way to supply my body with what it needs. Unlike other synthetic vitamins that use filler ingredients, artificial colors, preservatives, dairy, gluten, soy allergens. This product does not use these things, If I had not come down with cancer a few months ago I would have never change to a life style of holistic foods. But even if you don't have cancer or some other disease this is the way to go for a fuller and better life. I hope that everyone that reads this review change the way they eat. I highly recommend this product

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WORKS WELL FOR NAILS

After a bone marrow transplant my nails were in a terrible state. I was losing some and the rest were so brittle from the heavy doses of chemo. I mentioned it to my oncologist and much to my surprise he suggested I take vitamin E. I chose Garden of Life as it was raw and a good brand. After 6 weeks there is a big difference in my nails. I would recommend it for splitting, peeling, weak nails

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I'm glad they did because it works out perfect for me

I needed vitamin A and vitamin E. I was thinking I was going to have to buy two separate products. For whatever reason GOL decided to put them together. I'm glad they did because it works out perfect for me. You see, my right eye gets small dark spots in my field of vision. At first I thought it was cataracts. But then they would come and go and I do not know of cataracts that do that. So I started taking more lutin with vitamin A. Unfortunately it is hard to get a good quality vitamin A these days. I took Now Foods for a while and that did help. I am switching to these because I want the best quality vitamin A and I trust GOL to give me that (fyi: I take other Now Foods also and I trust them also). I will try and update this post if I have to go back to NOW. Also, when I was supplementing with Vitamin A, IT DID make a difference if I took the Vitamin A in the morning or at night before bedtime. In the morning I had good days and bad days (days were I could see the dark spots more). When I started taking the Vitamin A at night the spots almost went away (90% gone). So if you are having the same problems then try taking supporting supplements at night and see if it helps. [Update: 10/29/2015] I have been battling this problem with dark spots in my right eye for was seems like forever. It has gotten better, but this is what I had to do so far. Make sure you understand, I am not suggesting this for anyone else. I am only giving information about what I am doing in hopes that it will give others ideas in how to solve there own issues: I now eat high quality salmon on a regular basis. With that I take Cod Liver Oil (Now Foods) to get 100% of my Vitamin A. I take it with the salmon because salmon also has oils, so I am hypothesizing that the two might work synergisticly with each other in helping absorption. I also take Enzymatic Digest Gold with the Vitamin A because I read some reports that taking enzymes with Vitamin A helps the absorption of Vitamin A (might be anecdotal information). I also have started exercising. I walk 1 hour a day for 5 days a week. I am in my 50's. I also take Now Foods ADAMS Multi (I take only 1 of the recommended 2) with my meal. I love GOL, and I do buy there products; unfortunately, I have stopped taking this product because I switched over to Cod Liver Oil, so I could get my Vitamin A directly (vs. my body having to manufacture it from beta-carotine). My condition is probably the best it has ever been, but it has not gone away completely. It still varies from day to day. Some days it is worse while others it is better. I do not get the really dark spots anymore. Now it is more like translucent spots. And some days they are completely gone, but most days I have them in varying degrees. I am just glad it is not getting any worse

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A powerful appetite suppressant, apparently

I bought this for the potential skin and hair benefits Vitamin E could offer, but after a couple weeks of use any improvement in those areas remains to be seen. That said, what I have noticed and been very surprised by is a VERY noticeable change in my appetite. Specifically, I have almost none when taking 2 of these pills each day. I'm overweight and have been trying to eat less, so this has been a pleasant and desirable surprise outcome of taking these pills. This has made eating less each day much, much easier for me with no noticeable negative side effects. I'm not sure the why or the how of it, but I'm very pleased and will continue taking these on a regular basis thanks to the appetite suppressant effect they have on me. If anything should change as time goes on I'll update my review to reflect the change(s)

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My Skin Cleared Up – This Works for Acne!

It is the Selenium that worked in clearing up my cystic, chronic acne. I have tried taking the other vitamins by themselves before, but this blend with selenium actually worked. I started taking it two months ago and it cleared up in about a week or two (can't remember exactly, but it cleared up fast when compared to how long I've been suffering with this- over 20 years). I am a 35 year old woman and I finally have clear skin. Now I have to worry about these horrible scars..

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Dose changes on subscribe and save!

I've used this for a long time and loved it. Today I received it via subscribe and save and the dosage for beta carotene (5000 lowered to 3000iu) and vitamin E (250 IU to less than 200 IU)have been lowered!! I checked the amazon view, no changes there, so shame on you Garden of life for false advertising! They tried to be sneaky by changing the units from IU to mcg for vitamin A and to mg for vitamin E. Pure Encapsulations has a pdf on their site if you're like me and too lazy to find the conversation ratio. The only good thing was the vitamin D was doubled to 2000 IU, so I don't have to add extra now

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