Healthy Food and Living » antioxidant http://healthyfoodandliving.com Good Advice to Eating Right and Living Right Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:06:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Vitamin E- the powerful antioxidant http://healthyfoodandliving.com/vitamin-e/ http://healthyfoodandliving.com/vitamin-e/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:00:55 +0000 lightfl http://healthyfoodandliving.com/2007/04/21/vitamin-e/ This post shares information on Vitamin E. Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin.There are 8 forms of vitamin E. Alpha Tocopherol and alpha tocotrienol are the most active form of vitamin E

Vitamin E is a powerful biological antioxidant that acts to protect our cells against the free radicals. Free radicals are highly unstable compounds that can cause damage to our cells and also can lead to premature aging and other chronic disease. Antioxidant will protect our cells damage from free radicals and enable our cells to communicate effectively. Studies show that vitamin E is able to play a role in immune function, repair the DNA and also assist in other metabolic processes. Besides that, vitamin E also able to protect our skin from ultra violet lights.

Preliminary research has led to widely held believe that vitamin E may help prevent or delay coronary heart disease. Oxidative changes to LDL (bad cholesterol) promotes blockages in coronary arteries that may lead to heart problems. Vitamin E may help prevent or delay coronary heart diesease by limiting the oxidation of LDL cholesterol. Excellent sources of Vitamin E include palm oil, almonds, spinach, sunflower seeds and turnip greens.

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