Antioxidant Benefits of Vitamin E
Fat soluble vitamin E is important in the formation of your red blood cells, and helps your body use vitamin K. It also has powerful biological antioxidant benefits.
Antioxidants act to protect your cells from free radicals’ affects, which are a potentially damaging by-products of energy metabolism. Free radicals can damage cells, and may contribute to the development of heart disease and cancer.
Vitamin E has also been shown to play a role in immune function, in DNA repair, and other metabolic processes.
The synthetic form is only half as active as the natural form. Vitamin E supplements which are sold in the synthetic form are labeled “D, L”, while the natural form is labeled “D”.
Common food sources of vitamin E:
- vegetable oils
- nuts
- green leafy vegetables
- fortified cereals are
Recommended daily intake is around 15 mg.
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