If you’re fond of travelling, you will know how few people prefer getting up early just to watch a sunrise. They invariably miss watching a miracle. Hal Elrod writes in his book that getting up early is a habit that can be ‘the most practical, result-oriented, and effective method’ to ‘empower anyone to overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges, make major breakthroughs, and turn their circumstances around, often in a very short period of time’. The same analogy can be applied to lives that have slowly trudged their way to coronary heart disease, cognitive decline, cancer, respiratory tract infections, eye disorders, and a host of other age-related problems. These people obviously need to become more aware of the sort of food they eat and the kind of vitamin supplements they may need. One of these vital vitamins is E. Good health is a form of empowerment when muscle health is toned, the skin and hair aren’t grumbling, motherhood isn’t limiting the body in any way, erratic sleep and eating habits aren’t creating obstacles, and age with all its rumblings isn’t geared up to overwhelm you.
What does this vitamin really do?
What this vitamin does is sheer poetry. It rhymes over-exposure to sunlight with insight, radiation with elation, and chemotherapy with happy… all because it happens to have anti-oxidant properties that protect our cells from the autocratic plunder of the byproducts of metabolism called free radicals! In simpler terms, this vitamin helps the body get back its bounce and the mind then obviously dances as if all was well with the world.
And no, vitamin E in the diet isn’t going to make the politician remember his pre-poll promises, but it may make the heart of a sixty year old behave like a 20-something on the beach. All that people of all ages need to remember is not to say ‘Hey! Let me skip this today…’ to a host of fruits, veggies, and nuts that are rich in Vitamin E. We have Avacado, kiwifruit, red sweet pepper, mango, turnip green, broccoli, blackberry, blackcurrant, cranberry, olive, apricot, raspberry, asparagus, and spinach in this list. There are the e-friendly nutty buddies like almonds, pine nuts, pistachios, pumpkin seeds, pecans, cashew nuts, and peanuts besides the oils of canola, sunflower, safflower, hazelnut, cottonseed, almond, sunflower, grapeseed, palm, and rice bran. I can quite literally see the downcast faces of friends who love non-vegetarian food. Well, the list obviously includes atlantic salmon, crayfish, octopus, fish roe, snails, cod, and lobster.
What about supplements?
There are times when despite having access to a reasonably good diet, vitamin E may need to be taken as a supplement. This does not mean that people need to start treating this vitamin as some sort of a panacea for all ills or an elixir because the dose has to be carefully monitored which can be done by the medical practitioner. One of the advantages of being born in the 21st century is that most of us have access to food that helps the body in more than one way and maintains a fair balance of nutrients and micro-nutrients besides minerals and vitamins. However, there are cases when the patho-physiology of a person may need the intervention of supplements. There could be socio-economic segments where supplements help people fill in the gaps caused by a lack of organically available source for Vitamin E. Disorders that affect the absorption of fat, such as cystic fibrosis or liver disease, may lead to deficiency over time, especially if one’s diet is low in Vitamin E.
Some interesting tips on Vitamin E
A friend who is a doctor informed me that adding sunflower seeds and almonds to one’s diet helps maintain Vitamin E levels in the body. He also told me that low-fat foods can be combined with fat to increase the absorption of Vitamin E. ‘Just add some oil, maybe olive oil, to your salad,’ he said, ‘and this can help to a great extent.’
Vitamin E helps us combat the villainous intervention of environmental factors like UV rays, and makes us better equipped to counter the ill-effects of air pollution, cigarette smoke, sun damage, aging, and even inflammation. Thus if for some reason one’s diet is insufficient, supplements from Gundry MD help, grab these Gundry MD discounts and order online now.
This friend who is a doctor also warned me that self-medication could have its own set of problems and that most vitamins including E may increase the risk of cancer and other diseases by inflating the concentration of antioxidants in the body. An excessively high intake in the absence of medical supervision can be harmful and must be avoided.
The final word
Vitamin E, in physiological terminology, is a name given to a group of fat-soluble compounds. This vitamin has anti-oxidant traits and must be taken as a supplement if one’s normal diet isn’t having a lot of it or if the patho-physiology of the body demands it. Vitamins, including E, are a friendly lot and help our smile get bigger, healthier, and more consistent.
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Arvind Passey
20 May 2019
