Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin with anti-oxidant properties.
Vitamin E is a combination of 8 related tocopherols and
tocotrienols. The main one of these is alpha-tocopherol. 1 IU of
vitamin E is the biological equivalent of 1mg of dl-alpha-
tocopherol acetate. The U.S recommended daily amount for a
25-year old male for Vitamin E is 15 mg/day. Vitamin E is
naturally found in almonds, asparagus, avocado, nuts, olives,
seeds, spinach, wheat germ and vegetable oils such as canola,
corn, sunflower, soybean, and cottonseed. Vitamin E is used as a
supplement for its benefit in many medical conditions.These
include diabetes, cancer prevention, Alzheimers’s disease,
Parkinson’s disease, premenstrual syndrome, cataracts and to
lesson the harmful effects of dialysis, chemotherapy and
radiation. It is also commonly used for preventing diseases of
the heart and blood vessels, including high blood pressure.
However, objective data on the latter benefit is lacking. Over
the last several decades, observational evidence ha