Vitamin E

Vitamin e or also called tocopherol is a fat-soluble vitamin just like its cousins Vitamin A, D and K and is essential for the human body. All natural unesterfied vitamin e exists in eight different forms that are also called isomers. These eight isomers divide in two categories four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Vitamin is an antioxidant in the body and therefore it protects vitamin a an c, as well as red blood cells and fatty acids in the health system from being easily destroyed. As natural vitamin e source act oils like vegetable oil. Vitamin e oil can especially be found in vegetable oils such as sunflower oil, soybean oil, olive oil and palm oil. Other natural food sources for vitamin e are nuts/nut butters, sunflower seeds, wheat germ and kiwi fruit, as well as whole grains, fish and green leafy vegetables. Most unique natural vitamin e supplements are derived generally from vegetable oils such as soybean oil; it can also be extracted from wheat germ oil. The synthetic form of vitamin e is also called esterfied vitamin e. also there exists a synthetic vitamin e it is not as active and useful for our bodies as other supplements. One of the best available vitamin e supplements has a so-called unesterfied complex of vitamin e, which includes parts of tocopherols and tocotrienols.

Benefits of vitamin e include a lowered risk of herat diseases and cancer and also plays an important role in other diseases. The benefits of vitamin e oils are also claimed by manufacturers of ointments and lotions. They claim that vitamin helps reduce scaring when applied to fresh scars. This fact about vitamin e is not properly proven yet. As a matter of fact a side effect of vitamin e ointments might be a worsening of the scar instead of an improvement. Vitamin e deficiency is rare in the United States and Western Europe and mainly only occurs in premature, low birth weight infants and people unable to absorb fats because of a fat metabolism disorder. Usually vitamin e deficiency shows as a neurological problem and if even severe diseases such as coronary heart disease, Alzheimer's and cancer can arise. A vitamin e overdose leads to toxicity in the body. High levels of vitamin e can counteract vitamin k and therefore reduce the blood clotting ability. This can lead to serious hemorrhaging in the human body. The unique benefits of vitamin e might even include help with Parkinson's disease. One study suggested that individuals with high natural vitamin e levels are at a lower risk of Parkinson's.