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4 Reasons Why Everyone Likes the Mediterranean Diet
Introduction
There are very few diet plans that receive as wide spread
appreciation than does the Mediterranean diet. Indeed, as a
matter of routine, nearly everyone who has the opportunity to
experience the Mediterranean diet tends to hold...
Childhood Obesity--The Modern Health Dilemma
You see it on the playgrounds, at roller rinks, at swimming
pools, and in classrooms. Obesity is a modern health dilemma for
today's children, who are struggling with weight as never
before. It is a difficult problem to combat, given the fact...
Diabetes and Your Mouth
We diabetics have to pay even more attention to our teeth and
gums than other people.
We are at greater risk of cavities, gum disease and tooth
infections. Not only that, but those infections can cause our
blood sugar to rise, so it becomes...
Diabetes: So Far So Good
There was this guy who jumped off the 37th floor of a tall building. As he fell, people at each floor inside the building heard him say as he passed them, "So far, so good...so far, so good..."
Diabetes is a disease which cannot be "trusted." I...
Exercise for Diabetics
Exercise for Diabetics
The two most common forms of diabetes are referred to as Type 1
and Type 2. Type 1 diabetes, also known as adolescent diabetes,
differs from Type 2 in that the body stops producing insulin
altogether.
Type 2...
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Can Vitamin E Cure Almost Everything?
Vitamin E is an absolutely vital nutrient in your body, but it probably can't do half the things you heard it can.
What does vitamin E do? To begin, it is an antioxidant. It tames dangerous free radicals and helps prevent blood clots and blockages in coronary arteries. Research points to its ability to reduce the risk of chronic diseases, such as heart attacks and some cancers.
Vitamin E is also believed to slow the aging process and to help nerve conduction. Most importantly, it works to enhance and even protect vitamin C and Vitamin A.
There is also promising research that vitamin E might help prevent or slow the onset of cataracts in the eyes.
Vitamin E has been touted as a cure for just about everything but a broken heart. I am sure that's coming, though. Here are just a few of the diseases and conditions vitamin E has been credited with curing or preventing:
• Parkinson's disease
• Infertility in both men and women
• Alzheimer's disease
• Hepatitis
• eye tissue inflammation
• fibromylagia
• hair loss
• PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome)
• heavy menstruation
• healing wounds
• diabetes
• atherosclerosis
• menopause
• osteoarthritis
• even restless leg syndrome!
It might well prove that vitamin is helpful in some of these and other conditions, but probably not in many or even most of them.
As with many vitamins, there is a raging debate over how much vitamin E you need. The US recommended daily allowance
(RDA) is 8-10 milligrams per day. But most people in the nutrition field believe that to capture the long-term benefits, people need 10 to 20 times that quantity, which is well short of the maximum recommended 1,000 milligrams.
Vitamin E is found in many foods in small quantities. The good news is that almost everyone gets sufficient vitamin E to avoid a deficiency, with a few exceptions noted below. The bad news is that most people do not get the RDA. This is definitely a vitamin that should be supplemented.
Be careful about what supplements you choose, since the synthetic version of vitamin E is not even half effective as in its natural form. Look for nutritional supplements containing natural vitamin E, preferably in liquid form.
People on low fat diets need supplements the most, since fats and oils are the largest sources of vitamin E. Nuts and green, leafy vegetables are also good sources, as are egg yolks and liver. So are whole grains.
Vitamin E probably will never cure your broken heart, nor live up to half of the claims people make about it. But it is an important vitamin for maintaining good health and it is needed in quantities above what most people take in their diet.
About the author:
Hamoon Arbabi
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