Thanks Connie!!

 Quote: Connie Sutherland

Mary Strauss, someone I admire very much, suggests just 2 IUs of E per pound of dog (when giving oil supplements, like fish oil).

Holy cow - I've been giving my dogs a whole lot more than that!

Well, I give my dogs more too .... 200 IU to 400 IU (different size dogs).

How much were you giving?

Hi Connie - I've been giving 400 IU/day. Dante's about 70lbs and Bella's about 50lbs but I've been giving them both the same amount.

I give about that amount too. I give 100 - 200 for smaller dogs.

Please note above that Mary Strauss, a dog-nutrition researcher (who you may recognize from Whole Dog Journal as well as other places) whose work I admire wholeheartedly, gives much less.

I've read research results saying that 900+ IU/day can cause hemorrhage and interrupt blood coagulation, and may inhibit platelet aggregation.

I stick to 100-200-400. I do skip a day every week or so, but with no basis other than my own made-up protocols.

NONE OF THIS IS APPLICABLE TO HUMANS, and particularly males. The possible problems with high-dose E are suggested at much lower levels than for dogs.

And I don't give synthetic E (dl-alpha) because of research suggesting that this form of E can push out (make biologically unavailable) other possibly-beneficial-in-dogs tocopherols from the diet (beta-, gamma-, and delta-tocopherol and alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-tocotrienol).

(Alpha-tocopherol is the only form that's released into the bloodstream by the human liver. Others are excreted.)

There are other reasons I don't give dl-alpha. Humans need from 150% to 200% of dl-alpha to get the serum level manifested by natural E.

The price is different, but E is not an expensive supplement, regardless.

Is it possible to find Vit E that is not soy based? I stopped giving it and just give my dogs fish oil with their raw diet.

Yes, there are no-soy vitamin E products.

Here's one I found quickly (Googling no-soy vitamin e): http://www.evitamins.com/pure-e-400-iu-soy-free-natures-life-13173

There were several.

And the one I buy at a small local health-food-store chain is no-soy (and not at all expensive). I would probably head for a natural foods store that sells supplements and ask the staff.

I would not give therapeutic doses of fish oil (or any other oil supplements) without giving E as well. JMO.

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