Vitamin E Against Cholesterol
I bring good news to all regular consumers of rice, wheat bread or bran bread, and a warning to lovers of vitamin supplements (and other supplements) to those who love super strengthen their diet. According to the results of the study, the cholesterol level decreased to 42% and in the case of high density lipids or LDL (“bad” cholesterol), the decline was even more dramatic: up to 62%.
Vitamin E has been the subject of numerous recent studies, thanks to the health benefits attributed to him. Like other antioxidants, is supposed to be an anticancer agent and helps the body fight infections. When speaking of vitamin E is usually referred to tocopherol and, more specifically the alpha-tocopherol form. But in nature have been found so far eight classes of substances that act as vitamin E: four tocopherol forms (alpha, beta, gamma and delta tocopherol) and, similarly, four forms of tocotrienol (alpha, beta, gamma and delta tocotrienol .)
Much research has focused on the tocopherols of soybean, corn or wheat. But the tocotrienols are more potent antioxidants, according to Mohammad Minhajuddin (in a paper published in May 2005 in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology Journal.)
In addition to being in the shell of a grain of rice, tocotrienol can be found in the shells of oats and barley. However, the researchers say that the best is one that tocotrienol in rice bran.
Now, what is the dose you must take vitamin E. Because although this vitamin is good, is also known that taking too much can be harmful. But taking into account that the average person rarely are deficient in vitamin E, as this that is in various forms in many foods.
Thus one of the objectives proposed by the task force Minhajuddin, was to establish the proper dose. The results found that this was 400 international units (265 milligrams) for a person weighing 70 kilos, an amount very similar to the amount of vitamin E that is normally eaten in the diet.
In consequence, the conclusion one can draw is that it is best to rely on a balanced diet means replace vitamin deficiencies, first, with vitamin supplements.