Vitamin E Benefits You Don't Want To Miss

Vitamin E benefits are too important for us to be ignored.

Vitamin E is a powerful antioxydant. Because this is a fat-soluble vitamin, it works with power and efficiency within the cell membranes.

Facts About Vitamin E

• Vitamin E was first recognized in 1922
• Tocopherol and tocotrienol are subfamilies. There are each composed of alpha, beta, gamma and delta vitamin
• Alpha-tocopherol is the form of vitamin E that is preferentially absorbed and accumulated in humans
• Natural forms: d-alpha-tocopherol, d-beta-tocopherol, d-gamma-tocopherol, d-delta-tocopherol, RRR-alpha-tocotrienol, acetate succinate or d-alpha-tocopheryl
• Synthetic forms: dl-alpha-tocopherol, acetate succinate or dl-alpha-tocopheryl
• Take the natural form if you can
• Important to consume a mix of vitamin E
• Your body can't produce vitamin E. It must be found in food or supplement
• Very safe
• Your optimal needs are between 100 and 400 IU/day...the benefits are becoming more obvious at 400IU
• Food consumption will give you around 10 IU/day (approximately 14 mg)
• Food sources of vitamin e are wheat germ, wheat germ oil, oil (palm, sunflower, corn, olive), nuts and seeds, whole grain cereals and breads, yolk, butter
• Vitamin E is lost when cooking, freezing, exposed to air and long period of storage...this is why the foods you consume don't contain much vitamin E
• Vitamin E supplements are best absorbed when taken with meals
• Canadian and US health autorities have chosen to mesure the dosage of vitamin E in mg RRR-alpha-tpcopherol, natural vitamin E (100 IU of natural vitamin E = 67 mg of alpha-tocopherol)

Benefits Of Vitamin E

• Reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases
• Vitamin E can help woman with PMS
• Reduces the risk of blood clot formation (in the same way as aspirine)
• Maintain healthy DNA in the cells
• Participates in the formation of red blood cells, muscles and other tissues
• Gives you protection against macular degeneration
• Boost your immune system
• Protects your brain's cells
• Can protect you against type 2 diabetes.It helps the body cope with the problem of insulin resistance
• Protects your cells from oxidation by neutralizing free radicals which cause damages
• Promotes fertility
• Protects your skin. Helps with exzema. Can be used topically on damage skin
• Vitamin E also has anti-inflammatory properties

With all these vitamin E benefits and knowing that your food intake provides only a little vitamin E, supplementation is probably a good idea.

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