Health Benefits of Vitamin E - Food and Health

Health Benefits of Vitamin E

Vitamin E it took some time to do some background research on it to give you an overview and explain all the things that I think are worth knowing about it including any health benefits just a few general points it's a fat soluble compound and it's most generally known as an antioxidant you may also hear for hear it referred to as tocopheryl or tocotrienol which are two of the scientific names alpha-tocopherol being the most important form and just as a disclaimer everything that I'm talking about here is evidence-based has research to back it up because it's a fat soluble vitamin bioavailability or availability in your body depends on fat digestion and absorption and it's transported around the body piggybacking on various type of proteins such as chylomicrons and very low density lipoprotein which is like a type of LDL benefit wise the therapeutic benefits are supple supplementing with vitamin E are few if any a few things that it may do it may slow the progression of Alzheimer's but the data is not conclusive it may reduce reduce the risk of cataracts or age-related macular degeneration but again controversial and it may have a protective effect against tardive dyskinesia it does not appear to have any effect in preventing stroke and has mixed evidence and its ability to prevent heart disease lastly its effects on cancer as a whole are not well understood and evidence to support supplementing it for the purpose of preventing cancer are insufficient at this time for example one large tales got a large-scale study was stopped because it was found to actually increase the risk of prostate cancer not prevented toxicity wise toxic doses may impair absorption of other fat soluble vitamins it might increase the risk of bleeding necrotizing enterocolitis and children and anaemia meta-analysis found individual supplementing with high-dose vitamin E actually had an increased risk of all-cause mortality thus individuals without any special indications should not supplement vitamin E for disease prevention without consulting a doctor deficiency is uncommon except in individuals who have difficulty absorbing fat soluble vitamins prolong deficiency can prevent present with neurological symptoms or red blood cell abnormalities common dietary sources include things our oils meats eggs leafy vegetables the recommended daily allowance is 15 milligrams per day in adolescents and young adults although again supplementation is is not recommended for the general population there are some individuals for example Colby static disease or pancreatic disease who can have trouble releasing enzymes that help absorb them and those types people might need to supplement but that should be something they discuss with the physician so in summary there's really only three things I think you need to know about vitamin E it's a fat soluble vitamin acts as an antioxidant it does not have very many therapeutic uses and supplementation is generally not recommended unless you have a disease process that inhibits its absorption...