What Can Vitamin E Do For You?
Due to it’s anti-aging reputation, many companies have started to put Vitamin E in as many of their products as they can. Vitamin E has been added to products for use outside the body such as hand creams, soaps, skin creams, face creams, and sun screen lotions. And vitamin E is added as a supplement to many breakfast cereals, breads, soups, and so on to help to fortify them.
What are the little known facts about vitamin e? Vitamin E, a fat soluble vitamin, also known as tocoherol is an antioxidant, and one of the more popular vitamins around today. It is used by nearly all of the major and minor organs of the body. It’s also stored in muscles, fat tissues, hormone producing glands, and elsewhere. In fact, many researchers believe that it helps to slow down the aging process by protecting the tissues and organs of the body. In short, vitamin E is critical to the body and therefore critical that you get enough of it in your daily diet.
But if you are old fashioned and want to take vitamin E naturally, instead of taking in in supplemental form, what are the natural foods where you can find it?
Nuts of all kind are a major source of vitamin E, but especially almonds and peanuts. You’ll also find lots of vitamin E in green leafy vegetables such as spinach and turnip greens. Vegetables such as avocado, asparagus, tomato, and sweet potatoes have a fair amount of vitamin E as well as being high in many other anti oxidants.
When you eat these vegetable, however, it’s best to eat them without a lot of cooking, especially deep frying or boiling. Both of these cooking processes tend to leach the vitamin out of the foods.
Disclaimer: Always consult a doctor before taking any medical advice.
