Benefits of Vitamin E For Health

Vitamin E: Top grade antioxidant

For years, vitamin E has been hailed as a top-class anti-aging vitamin. It makes you beautiful and fertile and, it is said, also offers excellent protection against heart attacks, strokes, cancer and Alzheimer's. After people dutifully swallowed high doses of vitamin E pills for years, it has now been announced that while vitamin E is not effective, it can also increase the risk of stroke and even premature death. Now what is true?

Vitamin E and its effects

Vitamin E is not just one substance, but refers to a whole family of powerful antioxidants. These include, for example: B. tocopherols and tocotrienols.


Alpha-tocopherol has been well researched. Although tocotrienols were considered the most effective form of vitamin E, it has now been discovered that tocotrienols can be 40 times more effective in terms of their antioxidant effects.


To date, the vitamin E family has 16 members, each of which has different levels of antioxidant activity. The task of antioxidants is to eliminate free radicals and in this way protect the body. Free radicals are molecules that have lost electrons in their chemical structure. In search of these electrons, they especially like to attack cell walls. Cells can easily handle some of these attacks.


However, if it is constantly attacked by free radicals, significant membrane damage occurs. Cells whose cell membranes are damaged can no longer carry out their functions properly. The more cells that do not function properly or even die, the more visible the signs of aging (wrinkles, eye problems, etc.) and chronic disease.


Typically, cells are pumped by free radicals for electrons about 10,000 times per day. Whether or not a cell has electrons to escape depends on its protection. Cell protection is the job of antioxidants, where in addition to the body's own antioxidants (glutathione, SOD, etc.), vitamin E, along with vitamin C and other helpers, are directly on the front line and protect cell membranes.

Vitamin E for young and healthy skin

Healthy vitamin E levels help firm skin and give it a fresh, younger appearance. It works twice as well because vitamin E also increases the collagen content of the skin.


Wounds heal faster because new cells can form quickly without being attacked by free radicals. Of course, vitamin E also protects the skin from the sun - both internally and externally. The latter when applied to the skin in the form of natural oils and fats rich in vitamin E (for example olive oil or coconut oil).


Vitamin E makes scars disappear

Vitamin E can also be used to reduce or even completely eliminate scars on the skin. To do this, it is best applied to clean skin in the form of an oil rich in vitamin E as soon as scars form. Do this every night so the oil works overnight.


Vitamin E for shiny and healthy hair

Vitamin E also maintains hair health and vitality. Hair growth is accelerated and hair becomes stronger - both through regular consumption of vitamin E-rich foods and through regular dressing with vitamin E-rich oils.


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