1. Fish Oil Decreases Tocopherol
    Tom Hennessy Tom Hennessy Canada says:
    March 19, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    I still haven't gotten an answer to the question of what happens when vitamin E is depleted by the supplemental fish oil ?
    "A recent experiment carried out at King's College in
    London showed that daily intake of fish oil supplement reduces the plasma concentration of vitamin E to below normal range."
    "Daily fish oil supplement containing 2.1 g docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and 0.8 g eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) for a six week period."
    "Alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) concentration in the blood
    fell from 20 micromol/l to about 10 micromol/l during the experiment. This raises the question whether fish oil supplementation increases the need for antioxidant supplementation."

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