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  BENEFITS OF VITAMIN E
  Alternative Medicine > Healthy Living > Benefits of Vitamin E

Benefits of VITAMIN E
Unlike most fat-soluble vitamins, vitamin E is stored in the body for only a short period of time. Up to 75% of the daily dose is excreted in the faeces.
Vitamin E is another fat soluble and one of the key antioxidant vitamins. Although its key feature is as an anti-coagulant, its role in boosting the immune system and protect against cardiovascular disease is now becoming increasingly clear.

In Nature
The best natural sources for vitamin E is in fresh wheatgerms, soybeans, vegetable oil, almond, peanuts, sunflower seeds and hazelnuts.

Benefits of Vitamin E

  1. As an antioxidant, it helps slow the ageing process and helps neutralizes agents that causes cancer.
  2. Protect against cardiovascular disease.
  3. Help treat skin problems and baldness.
  4. Prevent the formation of thick scar from wound
  5. Alleviate fatigue.
  6. Boost immunity and aids in preventing miscarriage among pregnant women.
Who Would Benefit?
Some people may need to take vitamin E supplements. If you're among those in the categories below, we suggest that you talk to your doctor about the possibilities of taking it.

People with Heart Disease
This vitamin is appropriate for people with family history of heart problems. The supplement of 80-100g may help lower the risk of getting heart disease, stroke and angina because it deters the formation of atherosclerosis plaque on the body's artery walls.

Exposed to Pollution
People who live in heavily polluted area or are exposed to it on daily basis through their work should also consider about taking supplements. The supplement may enhance the body's immune system in fighting infection. It also protects certain type of cancer ? especially lung and cervix cancer.

Ageing Women and Men
This vitamin is beneficial in slowing the ageing process. It helps relieving pain of osteoporosis. And can also reduce the symptoms of PMS and protects against cardiovascular and neurological diseases.

Absorption Helper
Vitamin C and selenium helps the action of this vitamin in our body.

Absorption Hindrance
Certain things like excess iron, copper and manganese will reduce the amount of vitamin E in the body. Apart from that, some other things that would do similar amount of damage are contraceptives pills, cholestyramine (drugs used to reduce cholesterol in the body) and air pollution.

Caution:
The RDA for this vitamin is 10mg daily. Although it's non-toxic even in high doses, you shouldn't take in excess of 350mg unless your doctor supervises it.

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