No, PP, I’d only used powdered before I went to the Nano-E. I was concerned about the actual uptake, and read up on it, and eventually stumbled across the nano-e.
Here’s a recent study:
[URL=“http://www.equinews.com/article/effects-of-vitamin-e-supplementation-and-implications-for-treatment-of-neur”]
Effects of Vitamin E Supplementation and Implications for Treatment of Neurologic Disease
The problem seems to be that not only is the “natural” form better absorbed, but it requires a water-soluble formulation to reach the CSF. Vit E is fat-soluble. That’s why (I think) the typical oral forms aren’t as “bio-available.” (I hate these marketing terms but it’s a useful shorthand.) The Nano-E is formulated to get around this somehow. You can read about that on their page, but it’s fairly meaningless to me so I won’t quote it at any length here.
In general I’m a skeptic on this sort of thing. But I am so pleased with our results and the changes in my guy over the past year that I want ppl to know the stuff exists. I’m a little concerned it’s expensive enough that they won’t keep making it. I talked to them at length about the cost, and they were listening but insisted that it was the only way they could price it because of the manufacturing process.
I’m currently giving my neuro guy 3-5k IU/day, and my normal horse 1k/day. (measured in squirts). I think since Neuro Guy is doing so well, I will experiment with lowering his dose for a few months, but I won’t go lower than 2k for him. Neither of them get green forage, ever.
Actually even writing about it makes me change my mind! It’s winter! I don’t think I’ll rock the boat. I think I’ll just keep NG’s dose the same even if I do have to pay through the nose. :> I never want him to go back to what he was.
