By
Ryan M White
Since we do not produce vitamin E naturally within our bodies we need to get it from either food or from supplements. Studies have shown that we need to take a little more then what's recommended per RDA to get what we need. Vitamin E is typically found in fat foods which leads to the question, do we need to consume high amounts of fatty foods to get our vitamin E?
Vitamin E can come from many places for example, various oils, vegetable, corn or canola. Also many nuts like walnuts, pistachios and hazelnuts. You can also find this vitamin in legumes, grains, corn lentils rice and oats.
To reach the levels of vitamin E that we need it hard just to consume some of the food alone from above and thus many find the need for natural supplements. When you learn about some of the benefits like reduction of the aging process, slowing the deterioration from Alzheimer's and many more it becomes more and more prevalent the need for the proper levels of this vitamin.
Some on the other hand to take the initiative to get adequate amounts of nuts, legumes and grains in their diet and therefore don't need the supplement. Another good alternative to a supplement would be wheat germ which is a great source for vitamin E.
If your leaning towards the supplement route then you need to know which ones to choose. First we need to point out that Vitamin E group is made up of eight different compounds which consist of four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Most supplements only contain 4 and to get the most of what we need you need to make sure you find ones with all eight in their natural form. To make a point about the natural form, many vitamins are synthetic and are for the most part OK in that form. With Vitamin E the alpha-tocopherol molecule acts differently in the human body. With the natural form all the molecules are the same and by contrast the synthetic out of the eight only one is the same and what's found in nature. To sum up the natural form offers the most benefit to our body since it's most like what's found in nature.
When looking for natural vitamin E check the label and make sure it reads d-alpha-tocopherol, this is the natural form of the vitamin that you want.
Since we do not produce vitamin E naturally within our bodies we need to get it from either food or from supplements. Studies have shown that we need to take a little more then what's recommended per RDA to get what we need. Vitamin E is typically found in fat foods which leads to the question, do we need to consume high amounts of fatty foods to get our vitamin E?
Vitamin E can come from many places for example, various oils, vegetable, corn or canola. Also many nuts like walnuts, pistachios and hazelnuts. You can also find this vitamin in legumes, grains, corn lentils rice and oats.
To reach the levels of vitamin E that we need it hard just to consume some of the food alone from above and thus many find the need for natural supplements. When you learn about some of the benefits like reduction of the aging process, slowing the deterioration from Alzheimer's and many more it becomes more and more prevalent the need for the proper levels of this vitamin.
Some on the other hand to take the initiative to get adequate amounts of nuts, legumes and grains in their diet and therefore don't need the supplement. Another good alternative to a supplement would be wheat germ which is a great source for vitamin E.
If your leaning towards the supplement route then you need to know which ones to choose. First we need to point out that Vitamin E group is made up of eight different compounds which consist of four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Most supplements only contain 4 and to get the most of what we need you need to make sure you find ones with all eight in their natural form. To make a point about the natural form, many vitamins are synthetic and are for the most part OK in that form. With Vitamin E the alpha-tocopherol molecule acts differently in the human body. With the natural form all the molecules are the same and by contrast the synthetic out of the eight only one is the same and what's found in nature. To sum up the natural form offers the most benefit to our body since it's most like what's found in nature.
When looking for natural vitamin E check the label and make sure it reads d-alpha-tocopherol, this is the natural form of the vitamin that you want.