Vitamin e, do you need and where to find it?

Vitamin e, do you need and where to find it?

First: how much we need this vitamin?

The recommended daily amount of vitamin e proposed to reduce chronic diseases.

Need women: 14 mg, guys: 19 mg.

Second: why we need it?

Vitamin E is an important antioxidant which protects the cell walls and prevents cholesterol and especially LDL.

Research has shown that increased access to vitamin e may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications of diabetes, and some cancers. However, taking supplements of vitamin e showed no benefit to people at risk of these diseases.

To get an overdose of vitamin e from food is almost impossible, but studies indicate that the use of high doses of supplements (which is not recommended) has to get the highest amount permitted is 300 mg per day.

Third: How do we get vitamin e?

You can get a good amount of vitamin e in nuts, seeds and vegetable oils. Vitamin e is also found in oily fish, whole grains, vegetables and Kiwi with dark leaves and sweet potatoes also can get the vitamin of peas, parsley, lettuce, cabbage, spinach, asparagus, soybean oil, olive oil, peanut oil, corn oil, nuts, egg yolk, liver and Avocados.

To any of these below 34.6 megajoules per litre on 3 mg of vitamin e, about 20 percent of women's daily need of vitamin:

1/3 cup wheat germ

1 tablespoon sunflower seeds

11 love Blues

3/4 cup of melted silver beet

1/2 sweet potato, cooked (65G)

Did you know that vitamin e is lost about half of it in foods when cooking