Healthcast 699 - Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) Is Vital to Healthy Aging

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Why should I worry about taking Vitamin E when it comes to aging? Vitamin E is an antioxidant that keeps your brain healthy, your immune system working effectively, and decreases the inflammation throughout your body. Women with Fibrocystic Breast Disease, should take two supplements Vitamin E and Iodoral (Iodine) every day.

**People with the highest levels of alpha-tocopherol (the form of vitamin E that circulates throughout your body) had the lowest mortality rate over a 20-year study. These patients had lower risk of heart disease, cancer, and autoimmune disease including rheumatoid arthritis.

**In another long-term study patients with chronic lung disease had a decreased mortality. Vitamin E also counteracts the liver damage from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin, in the same class as Vitamin A and D and is vital to healthy aging. Because it is a fat-soluble vitamin it is possible to store Vitamin E and one should not take too much of it because the body stores it!

You can start taking Vitamin E in your food:

• Nuts like Almonds, sunflower seeds and pine nuts
• Oils like Olive oil and Sunflower oil and wheat germ
• Animal products like Salmon, rainbow trout and eggs
• Vegetables like Spinach, Broccoli, Avocados
• Fruit like Kiwi, Mango and Blackberries

So how much Vitamin E should you take a day?

• For adults the required dose is 400-800 IUs/ day

Ideally, we should take Vitamin E as a preventive measure to ensure our health and to delay our mortality. Eating vitamin E is a good way to get it, but taking a supplemental vitamin E helps when your diet is not optimal.