Vital facts about Vitamin E you should know!
There are many facts about Vitamin E you should know. One is that Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for good health. It is found in leafy green vegetables, nuts, and vegetable oils.
Vitamin E exists in eight different forms. The tight-knit bunch is divided into two groups: tocopherols and tocotrienols. Within each group are alpha, beta, gamma, and delta forms. The body seems to absorb alpha-tocopherol the best, but new research points to the importance of other forms as well, and experts, scientists and companies that make supplements encourage the use of mixed-tocopherol as the way to go.
Each form has its own biological activity, which is the measure of potency or functional use in the body
Alpha-tocopherol is the name of the most active form of vitamin E in humans. It is a powerful biological antioxidant
Vitamin E in supplements is usually sold as alpha-tocopheryl acetate, a form of alpha-tocopherol that protects its ability to function as an antioxidant
Synthetic form of Vitamin E is labeled “D, L”
Natural form of Vitamin E is labeled “D”
The natural form of Vitamin E is twice as active as the synthetic form
Roles of Vitamin E
- Antioxidant acts to protect your cells against the effects of free radicals
- Immune function
- DNA repair
- Metabolic processes
Claims of Vitamin E
- Antidote to aging and air pollution
- A beautifier of skin
- A promoter of athletic prowess
- Preserver of visual functions.
- Vaginal dryness
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Breast cysts
- Circulatory disorders in the legs
- Heart pains of angina pectoris
- The real benefits of mega doses of vitamin E
- Protect the eyes of premature babies against retrolental fibroplasia, a disorder caused by too much oxygen increasing exercise tolerance in people with the crippling circulatory disorder called intermittent claudicating.
- Counters heart muscle damage during bypass surgery
If you know the facts about Vitamin E then you will have the information needed to understand when scientists and supplement makers tout its wide range of capabilities. I think the best thing to remember here is the old adage, “If it sounds to good to be true, it usually is”, do your research and learn your body well and then you will be on the road to well being.
