Vitamin E

Vitamin E is a nutrient essential to the human body. It helps your body form red blood cells and use vitamin K. Vitamin E is also an antioxidant that protects your body from damage caused by free radicals, which are unstable substances that can harm cells, and organs. Free radicals are also believed to affect certain age-related conditions.

 

Vitamin E 는 많은 음식들에서 발견이 된다. 아스파라거스, 옥수수, 마가린, 견과류, 올리브, 각종 씨들, 시금치 와 다른 종류의 녹색 잎채소 등과 식물성 기름, 맥아 등이다. 만약 당신이 저지방 다이어트를 한다면, 당신은 당신의 Vitamin E 섭취가 적절한지 확인하려는 조심스런 선택이 필요하다. 그러나 너무 많은 Vitamin E 는 해로울 수 있다. 매일 400 IU 이상의 양은 아마도 출혈을 야기할 수 있으니 Vitamin E는 항응고제 (blood thinner)로 작용할 수 있다. 대부분 멀티비타민에서 발견되는 Vitamin E 의 양은  전반적으로 해롭지 않다.

 

Vitamin E deficiency is rare. It is likely to occur in people who cannot absorb dietary fat, those with certain kinds of rare genetic abnormalities, and very low-birth-weight infants. Sometimes people with zinc deficiency also have decreased levels of vitamin E. Insufficient levels of this vitamin can lead to neurological problems associated with nerve degeneration, which causes tingling and burning sensations in the hands and feet.

 

 

It's recommended that individuals ages 14 and older take 15 miligrams of vitamin E a day. Children need different amounts of vitamin E based on their ages. Breastfeeding women may require more vitamin E and should check with their doctors.

 

Vitamin E supplements are usually sold as alpha-tocopheryl acetate, a form of alpha-tocopherol that has antioxidant properties.

 

Vitamin E exists in eight different forms. The most active form in humans is alpha-tocopherol.