Receiving the best form of vitamin E is critical in obtaining the health benefits of this essential vitamin. One recent study showed that gamma-tocopherol, (which is the form that is highest in food) may actually be superior to alpha-tocopherol (the type that is found in most supplements) in the prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers speculate this may explain the absence of vitamin E protection against Alzheimer's reported in some previous studies with the use of vitamin E supplements. Most of the previous studies have used vitamin E supplements that only contained alpha-tocopherol. To reach this conclusion, researchers examined whether...