After having been in the hospital back in the summer due to stress and finding out I have adrenal fatigue, it was recommended to me by a friend to take several supplements. One of which was the Gamma E Complex. This in combination with several other supplements including ADRENergize, C-1000, and Tulsi tea have been an extremely helpful combination of supplements to help restore my health. Shortly after being discharged from the hospital, I began suffering symptoms that left my muscles extremely aching, feeling foggy headed, and constantly being out of energy. This is coming from someone who runs 5k's, plays paintball, basketball, and exercises regularly. At the lowest point, I mowed only part of the yard and was so exhausted physically and mentally that I had to stop. Then for 2-3 days afterwards my body felt like it hadn't slept in days, even though I had been sleeping. Including the aching muscles, inability to think clearly, and I even had issues sleeping fully throughout the night. A friend who deals with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and is an RN nurse recommended Gamma E to me. Specifically the NOW brand which has some of the most helpful, and least processed supplements on the market. I started taking this in combination with the other supplements and within a few weeks my aching and fatigue were gone! I did however have to pace myself to still let the body to continue to heal and recover. But waking up I began to feel better with each passing day by following the instructions of taking two capsules (with food) twice a day. I know this worked because when I recently moved for a job and didn't have the means to replenish my order of Gamma-E, my body began to slide back into the fatigue and it's related symptoms. Apparantly this is a long process of recovery so I plan to continue taking this along with the other supplements because they do work fantastically. I couldn't be more pleased with the results

In nature vitamins don't occur by themselves and so when I found this natural Vit E containing a lot of the other naturally occurring and highly beneficial tocopherols, we were excited. We use it on skin problems, burns, bad hemmorhoids, as well as taking it internally. It has a dark color to it, unlike other vit e, which I learned is because it has more of the good ingredients. PS. After reading a couple of other reviews re the debate about the value of Vit E I would like to mention that most of the studies done (including the one from Johns Hopkins) are seriously flawed in that they used SYNTHETIC Vit E (dl-alpha tocopherol) in them. Synthetic vitamins have long been known to be less effective and often damaging. Unfortunately for most people who read about these studies, they are not aware of this fact and thus judge all Vit E accordingly, even though there are thousands of studies done on natural Vit E showing it to be very beneficial

. PLEASE NOTE: This review is under serious ATTACK by people with an ax to grind, perhaps in an attempt to bury the truth or promote the product (There seem to be more devious PR campaigns on Amazon these days). If you find this review helpful, please vote for it to keep it on the first page. If you want to review the debate (including our references) please see the 30 comments (yes, 30 ). Mark Twain said it well: "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." If you read the comments you will likely conclude that the unwarranted ATTACKS on our review read like a textbook listing of fallacious arguments: emotional ad hominem attacks, red-herrings, misdirection, misinformation, ambiguous assertions, needling, unsupported testimonials, anonymous authorities, etc. etc. To be clear we have no dog in this fight, no financial motivation, our only motivation is to stop bullies from spreading misinformation. As a result, we are at times slow to respond to attacks. But if you read the 30 (yes, 30 ) exchanges we believe that the truth will be clear. After reading all the ATTACKS, read our report again. It's evidence based. Check out the sources yourself to verify and check for updates. However, given the number of choices we have, our limited resources, and the economic incentives that many have to promote largely unregulated, but highly profitable products, it would be a "fools errand" to proceed without some objective evidence. Aside from wasting resources there are plenty of documented cases of harm being done. However, there clearly are those who want you to make your buying decisions based on anonymous, anecdotal testimonies of sources with unproven motivations. Obviously it's your choice.... we've made ours. And, yes, we have spent a bit of time writing this review (we did the research for ourselves and decided to share). We've also spent time responding to these ATTACKS because we've never liked bullies. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our family takes a range of supplements, eats as healthy as possible and strives to get regular fun and functional exercise. We're currently in the midst of a nutritional review to determine how best to invest in our health. We take a number of Now Foods supplements (two of our favorites are their time release vitamin C and maca). In reviewing this product and vitamin E supplementation in general here's what we found: ---------------- NOW FOODS ADVANCED GAMMA E COMPLEX (from Now Foods website for this product): Serving Size: 2 Softgels Servings Per Container: 60 Amount Per Serving / % Daily Value* Calories = 10 Calories from Fat = 7 Total Fat = 0.8 g / 2% Vitamin E (as Natural d-alpha Tocopherol) = 400 IU Natural Mixed Tocopherols = 400 mg Tocomin® Mixed Palm Tocotrienol Complex = 10 mg * Percent Daily Values are based on 2,000 calorie diet. Daily Value not established. Other Ingredients: Softgel Capsule (gelatin, glycerin, water, carob), Rice Bran Oil and Red Palm Fruit Oil. Contains soy derivatives. Contains only 100% Natural Vitamin E. Contains no: sugar, salt, starch, yeast, wheat, gluten, corn, milk, egg, shellfish or preservatives. ---------------- THE RDA - NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH For ages 14 years = 15 mg (22.4 IU) ---------------- VALUE OF SUPPLEMENTATION & APPROPRIATE LEVEL The Mayo Clinic evaluates the effectiveness of Vitamin E to help in preventing or treating 53 different conditions. It gives all a "C" grade (Unclear scientific evidence for this use) or "D" (Fair scientific evidence against this use, i.e. it may not work). The only use for which they believe there is solid scientific evidence is treating vitamin E deficiency, which is rare and should be managed under the care of a physician and nutritionist. "Most individuals in the United States are believed to obtain sufficient vitamin E from dietary sources... there is recent evidence suggesting possible adverse health effects from long-term use of daily supplementation with 400 IU or greater daily. Although controversial, the use of long-term vitamin E supplementation should be approached cautiously until further evidence from prospective clinical trials is available." From the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State ("LPI"): "The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin E for adult men and women is 15 mg (22.5 IU) per day. Notably, more than 90% of individuals 2 years of age and older in the U.S. do not meet the daily requirement for vitamin E from food sources alone, but there is inconclusive evidence that high-dose supplemental vitamin E reduces chronic disease risk. Therefore, LPI recommends that generally healthy adults (aged 19 years and older) take a daily multivitamin/mineral supplement, which usually contains 30 IU of synthetic vitamin E... There is no conclusive evidence that supplementation with high-dose vitamin E lowers chronic disease risk, and a few studies have reported harmful effects in some sub-populations." So, the math for this Now Foods product: 410mg/ 15 mg RDA = 27.3 x NIH RDA 400 IU / 22.4 IU RDA = 17.9x NIH RDA 400 IU / 30 IU = 13.3 x Linus Pauling Institute Recommendation Mayo Clinic does not recommend supplementation and says "there is recent evidence suggesting possible adverse health effects from long-term use of daily supplementation with 400 IU or greater daily." ================== OUR CONCLUSION: Now Foods makes quality supplements at a fair price, but we need to be choosy about what to take in order to maximize the return on our health investment. In general, we are trying to eat more whole, naturally raised foods to get our nutrition and pay attention to scientific evidence. The Nature's Plus whole food energy shake we use has 200 IU of vitamin E which more than covers our needs. So, we will not be further supplementing with vitamin E until there is more compelling scientific evidence about its benefits. As far as the stars go. We like and respect Now Foods and this is a quality product that deserves 5 stars, but the lack of scientific evidence as regards its usefulness for people other than those with a diagnosed vitamin E deficiency causes us to discount at least one star. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/6/13 Further info and REPLY To Troys's Antagonistic Comments: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patience Troy. Unlike you, we don't write reviews to "own" people. Nor do we write "retorts" (Def: to reply to, usually in a sharp or retaliatory way). We write reviews to share constructive information in pursuit of wise `product ownership' decisions. We appreciate the opportunity to learn from others and seek to keep the virtuous loop going. At our request, Nelson shared a lot of information (Thank you Nelson). However, the technical studies he shared generally relate to highly specialized conditions (e.g. kidney disease or post-meal glucose levels) and even when they are more general they are far from conclusive. In our humble opinion, these inconclusive and narrow technical studies are not the basis by which most people are likely to base their purchase decision especially since there is plenty of contrary evidence. Perhaps some people will share this technical information with their doctor and seek advice. Others may turn to the dedicated experts at progressive health institutions like the Mayo Clinic and The Linus Pauling Institute. The doctors and researchers at these highly respected institutions base their recommendations on much broader and deeper reviews of the scientific evidence than either we or Nelson do. Further, they do recommend supplements, just not vitamin E in any form or sub-constituent. In fact, they generally advise against supplementation of vitamin E (beyond a multi-vitamin) which is not the position they take on many other supplements. We've reviewed the information provided by Nelson as well as a lot of other information. Our opinion has not changed. Based on the current science, we are not taking or recommending vitamin E supplementation beyond that contained in a good multi-vitamin. Following find a small sampling of data points (see comments for web links deleted by Amazon): [1] Supplementation with vitamin E does not decrease mortality risk. [4] Vitamin E supplementation may increase osteoporosis risk. Mice develop osteoporosis after only eight weeks on a diet with levels of vitamin E significantly higher than those found in a mouse's natural diet, according to a study, published in the journal Nature Medicine. The research team, said vitamin E stimulates the generation of bone-degrading cells, which normally work with bone-forming cells to maintain bone strength. [...] There are many more studies out there for those who are interested in digging around. However, the above pretty clearly demonstrates that there are significant risks to vitamin E supplementation at 400 IU and above including increased risk of dying. As to Nelson's suggestion that the technical aspects of this product are somehow different, all one has to do is look up vitamin E to find out that this product's constituents are normal for vitamin E and normally occur in our diet. Sorry Troy, but we don't believe there is any magic here nor do the consensus of experts. Benedict Rocks

Will never trust this brand with my health concerns again

I take this every night (and take a Vitamin B5 every day). The combo has reduced my menopausal hot flashes so significantly (used to suffer about 10 a day and maybe get one a week if at all). What a wonderful natural way to get rid of hot flashes. Sure wish doctors would tell us about this kind of relief (I stumbled across this somewhere online)

I take a ton of supplements, including collagen and hyaluronic acid for good skin/hair health. However, I found my skin was still very dry and I even had developed patches of extremely dry skin. I'm not on a multi-vitamin, and wasn't taking any vitamin E. I happened to run across an article that mentioned a lack of vitamin E can cause dry patches on the skin. So, after searching all the vitamin E's on Amazon, I selected this one. I have been taking it about 3 months and the dry skin is gone, replaced by smooth, younger feeling skin. It also seems as if the skin on my heels is smoother. I will be keeping vitamin E on my regular supplementation routine

If you've been taking a multivitamin that has only alpha-tocopherol there are studies which suggest that you may be depleting other important tocopherols that can capture different types of free-radicals that can damage the brain and other organs. I like this product because it has a broad spectrum of the tocopherols and tocotrienols which occur naturally in food. The only things I wish were different about this product would be a switch from the rice bran oil as a carrier to an MCT oil for better stability and absorption

Amazed. I took this for two months, 2 capsules at night, and my LDL went down 44 points. And I ate all the eggs

Hopefully amazon will keep the link below but just incase, based on sound research such as studies conducted at John Hopkins University to much alpha-tocopherol can increase your chances for cancer not decrease. Yes you want a supplement with all the portions of vitamin E found in nature or nothing at all but you want to limit the daily intake of alpha-tocopherol to well below 100 IU and with at least 40 mg gamma-tocopherol, preferably 60 mg. [...

This is just another re-order for me. Apparently, I never reviewed it. This contains all of the natural forms of vit E. I used to take the cheap vit E. Then I researched vit E, and I found out that the cheap stuff is synthetic. You can recognize the synthetic as "dl-alpha tocopheryl", whereas the natural is just "d-alpha tocopheryl." I never knew that. I read that natural vit E actually has tocotrenols as well as tocopheryls. I never knew that either. It is better to get both the tocotrenols and the tocopheryls, in the correct proportions. According to my research, this product had just that. I have been taking this product ever since! The research showed that taking the synthetic form could actually bad for you. Now, I don't remember why it was supposed to be bad for you, i just took that information and ran with it. (Please.... don't take my word on that.... research it for yourself). When I first tried to find a vit E that was NOT synthetic, I checked every grocery store, every drug store, Costco, Sam's Club.... you name it, I checked it. Every single store had the cheap synthetic form. That is why I bought this at Amazon. Of course, I never thought to check my local vit store. But once I did, I found the price much higher than on Amazon. These capsules are much bigger than the traditional cheap vit e capsules, but smaller that a fish oil cap. I have no problem swallowing them at all. They are brown in color, not clear like the synthetic cheap stuff. I highly recommend these capsules. I also highly recommend you to research vit E for yourself, like I did