Aqua-E Product Information

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Aqua-E Advantages

Vitamin E Malabsorption: Common, Extremely Serious and Preventable
by Andreas M. Papas, Ph.D., vitamin E researcher and author of The Vitamin E Factor book

It may be hard to believe that in the midst of an abundance of food and a plethora of supplements, many people would develop clinical vitamin E deficiency. A dramatic example is cholestasis, a condition in which excretion of the bile is stopped. Cholestatic children develop very serious and often fatal degenerative neurological diseases due to malabsorption of vitamin E. While serious cholestasis is rare, many other common diseases and physiological conditions cause varying degrees of malabsorption with subclinical deficiency. Unfortunately, vitamin E deficiency may go undetected for decades but the cumulative damage to muscle and nerves is debilitating and irreversible.

 

The Benefits of Aqua-E

• Aqua-E is a dietary supplement that supplies the complete vitamin E family of tocopherols plus tocotrienols in a micellar, water-soluble format that is ready for absorption.
• Aqua-E forms micelles which enable absorption of lipophilic vitamin E in the body, even when the liver, pancreas and the digestive system do not function normally.
• Aqua-E is formulated with TPGS (d-alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate) to maximize absorption.
• Aqua-E is odorless and has a neutral taste. It mixes easily with most beverages and water. Dosing can be adjusted to meet the needs of children and those with special needs.
• Aqua-E is casein free & gluten free (CF/GF) and is free of animal products, yeast, wheat, added colors or flavors, sweeteners and salt. It is suitable for vegetarians.
• Aqua-E is produced under GMP conditions, the industry standard of manufacturing quality.
  
  
  

Absorption of Vitamin E: Oil and Water Do Not Mix, or Do They?

We are water-based organisms - water makes up more than half of our weight. The blood, the lifeline that carries the nutrients and nourishes all our tissues is water-based. Vitamin E, however, is fat-soluble. Oil and water do not mix. The body has to overcome this problem and micelles are the body's solution. The fat material is put into these unique tiny spheres with a water-loving (hydrophilic) outer layer and is ferried from the gut across the intestinal wall into the blood stream.

To make micelles, two major components are absolutely required.

• Bile - a yellow-green liquid produced in the liver and secreted into the gut. The bile helps emulsify the fat in our diet and provides components of the outer layer of the micelles.
  
  
• Pancreatic juice, a secretion delivered into the upper part of the small intestine (duodenum), where it aids digestion.

In the blood stream vitamin E is transported by lipoproteins, the vehicles that transport lipid materials in our body. These are minute spheres with a water friendly outer layer, which allows them to circulate freely in the blood. They carry vitamin E and other lipids in their lipophilic interior.

 

Overcoming Vitamin E Malabsorption: The Aqua-E Advantage

Aqua-E supplies the complete vitamin E family of tocopherols plus tocotrienols in a water-soluble formulation that overcomes malabsorption. It is particularly rich in the natural unesterified gamma tocopherol and tocotrienols, which are of particular interest to malabsorbers because of the increased oxidative stress. Each teaspoon (5 ml) supplies 100 IU plus 59 mg of gamma tocopherol for a total of 150 mg of total tocopherols. In addition, it supplies 9 mg of tocotrienols.

This proprietary formulation contains lipoprotein like microspheres which function in the same manner as micelles. In addition, after passing the gut wall these lipoproteins like micro spheres may help deliver vitamin E to the tissues even in the absence of a healthy lipoprotein transport system (for example in abetalipoproteinemia).

Aqua-E is odorless and has neutral taste. It mixes easily with most beverages and water. Dosing may be easily adjusted to meet specific needs. It is particularly suitable for people that have difficulty swallowing capsules and for vegetarians.

 

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.  This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.