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Facts about Vitamin EIn fact experts estimate if we took enough Vitamin E we could significantly reduces our health care costs; it’s that beneficial to a healthy lifestyle. So it is easy to understand why you’d want facts about Vitamin E. Vitamin E what is it?Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin that protects your cell membranes against free radicals. Damage to cell membranes is the first stage to disease and can lead to cancer, heart disease and other health conditions. Cell membranes are made up mostly of fat and the Vitamin E, being fat soluble, gets into the membranes allowing it to fight off the free radicals, keeping them from damaging cells.Studies on Vitamin E have shown it may be beneficial to the following conditions:
We are sure there are more conditions to be added to our facts about Vitamin E and we will continue to add to this list as studies are reviewed. Some of the foods that contain Vitamin E are avocados, dark green leafy vegetables, eggs, legumes, nuts, seeds, organ meats, seafood, soybeans, wheat germ and vegetable oils. For a complete review of foods containing vitamin E click here. Peanuts are high in Vitamin E, however they are also high in calories; experts say you would need to eat over 20 cups of peanuts a day to get a good recommended dose of Vitamin E. That's more than 16,000 calories a day! So it's recommended people use supplements to get their Vitamin E. How do I choose the right Vitamin E?Vitamin E comes in a natural or synthetic form. Natural Vitamin E seems to be the better absorbed in the body than the synthetic form. To separate what is natural from synthetic look for “d-alpha-tocopherol” on label for natural Vitamin E. For synthetic Vitamin E you will see “dl-alpha-tocopherol” on the label.The following equivalency table should help in understanding the relationship between natural and synthetic Vitamin E. Natural Vitamin E – d-alpha-tocopherol 1mg = 1.5 IU Synthetic Vitamin E – dl-alpha-tocopherol 1mg = 1.0 IU So you can see that natural Vitamin E is about 1.5 times more effective than synthetic Vitamin E, you should know that the difference comes with a price difference also. You can expect to pay more for Natural Vitamin E due to the processing and quality control required in extracting the Vitamin E from its natural sources. To be sure you get the accurate facts about Vitamin E, it should be noted there are other forms of natural forms Vitamin E such as beta, gamma and delta. Most of the research has been done on d-alpha- tocopherol form of Vitamin E. What’s the Vitamin E dosage I should take?There are a lot of factors in determining an accurate dosage of Vitamin E, fundamentally an adult should take approximately 100-1200 IU (international units) of natural Vitamin E a day. This is a general range and doesn’t take in to account your health situation and health goals, the dosage chart below should help your decisions about what Vitamin E dosage is right for you, as always please check with your physician before taking any supplements.Vitmain E Dosage Chart Infants 5-6 IU Childern (1-11) 9-20 IU Adult Males 12+ 30IU Adult Males 18+ 30-800 IU Adult Females 12+ 30IU Adult Females 18+ 30-800IU Pregnant or Lactating 30-400IU Note:150IU to 1200IU is equivalent to 100-800 mg per day of Vitamin E. How does Vitamin E Function?Not wanting to get into too technical of discussion in this overview of the facts about Vitamin E, the details of how Vitamin E functions in prevention of disease such as heart disease, some types of cancer and many others great benefit are contained here Facts about Vitamin E and E vitamin functions. What about Vitamin E and sex drive?So does Vitamin E really help with sex drive? Many say yes, read the summary of studies out there and decide for yourself. Vitamin E and Sex Drive.
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