Is Vitamin E
For You?
By Linda Polansky
Everyone seems to be searching for that fountain of youth these
days. We like to search for the easiest ways to reverse the
hands of time. We try to eat better, get more sleep, take a
yoga class, and yet we wonder if we can still do more. If you
search the aisles of your local pharmacy you will come upon
bottles of Vitamin E. Our body does not produce Vitamin E, but
it can easily be found in our diets.
Open your refrigerator and you will find good sources of
Vitamin E such as
green vegetables, almonds, wheat, grains,
fish, and peanut butter.
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This is a vitamin that is fat-soluble
and is needed for proper cell growth and cell function.
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It
assists in the metabolic process and to break down other
organic molecules.
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Vitamin E has been glorified in the past, as
the one capsule that can erase all the years of damage that your
body has incurred overtime. The damage is the result of
by-products that are bodies expend when we are exposed to free
radicals in our environment. Free radicals are unstable
molecules that can damage other molecules such as our DNA,
collagen, and enzymes.
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It is also thought that Vitamin E
prevents the growth of cancer cells and can prevent heart
diseases.
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Vitamin Tips and Healthy living
1. Eat healthy well balanced meals.
2. Make a variety of fruits, vegetables,
nuts, legumes and cereals a part of your diet.
3. Fish oil is a good source of vitamin E.
4. Eat vitamin capsules first thing in the
morning with breakfast. This enables maximum absorption.
5. Don't overdose yourself with vitamins.
Too much of even a good thing can get bad.
6. Get active. Exercise at least 3 or more
times a week.
7. Eliminate stress from your life. Take on
some yoga or meditation.
8. Practice positive thinking.
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Is it really necessary to add Vitamin E in your diet?
The question
is controversial and more studies need to be done on whether a younger,
healthy person really requires this vitamin. The recommended daily amount
for the average adult is 15 mg a day. In supplements, 1000 mg is the maximum
amount that should
be taken. It is difficult to be deficient because the human body only
requires a small amount because it stores Vitamin E and is able to reuse it
over and over again.
Those that are truly deficient
have symptoms such as
Health ailments that would cause a Vitamin E
deficiency are pancreatic, biliary diseases that affect the liver or
gallbladder and cystic fibrosis. The body is not able to absorb fat
correctly. What if you do not fit in any of these categories?
There is
speculation that getting an excess amount of Vitamin can be toxic even fatal
in those that are not deficient.
Many people take Vitamin E because they think it will help them live a
longer life or reduce their chance of having a fatal heart attack or stroke.
Yet studies keep showing that your chances actually increase after one dose
of 400 I.U. ‘s are equal to 1.5 mg. So, taking Vitamin E is actually doing
more
harm than good
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