organism is a complex biological system which keeps the integrity and viability by means of a set of necessary components. All of us know that proteins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins are necessary for us. About one of vitamins today our conversation will also go. We will consider vitamin E, we learn as far as it is useful and for what it is necessary, we will study the instruction for its application.
Short characteristic
Vitamin E is natural intracellular substance which slows down processes of oxidation in these cages (antioxidant). It is necessary for a human body because helps to keep and restore functions which are necessary to us for long life and high-quality reproduction. This vitamin is well dissolved in fat, renders protective reaction to a radio emission, also takes active participation in metabolic (exchange) processes at the cellular level.
Mean not one organic compound, but the whole group of such substances by the name vitamin E. These connections happen two types: tokoferola and tokotriyenola. Even definition of vitamin E is used in parallel with the name alpha, beta, gamma or delta tocopherol. The most widespread among these variations — alpha tocopherol as it is most active and it can easily be met in a natural look. It is known that this connection is the is best of all influences an organism together with vegetable fats, and collapses under the influence of ultraviolet rays and salts of iron.
Whether you know? If to arrange all alphabetic references of vitamins consistently, it will become noticeable that between E and K there is no. It is because the vitamins designated by the passed letters were either subtypes of vitamin B, or just wrong opening later.
In what advantage for health
Not just like that this organic compound is called youth vitamin, and among medical recommendations it is high on the list. Its positive impact on an organism is that compounds of vitamin E interfere with oxidation and destruction of cellular membranes, are good prevention of cancer diseases and I help to keep cages young and healthy.
One more general useful property of this biological connection is that existence of necessary amount of tocopherol reduces the general level of cholesterol in blood that interferes with development of cardiovascular diseases. There is also specific effect of tocopherol for a human body. Now we will in more detail consider its impact on people of different gender and age.
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Women's
In female health tocopherol plays a role of the assistant not only in the reproductive sphere, but also in respect of beauty. It is useful to a reproductive system because helps to regulate functions of endocrine glands and influences the course of pregnancy.
In the sphere of beauty and personal care of the woman use it for:
- Face care. It is known that tocopherol prevents cell aging and helps them to be updated qualitatively. Women use vitamin E in structures of face packs after which to skin the elasticity is restored, the intensity of pigmentary spots decreases, and the water balance returns to normal.
- Hair care. Women who want to have beautiful healthy hair very often use tocopherol both as a part of professional cosmetics, and in structures of house masks for hair and head skin. As the human hair is lifeless epithelial fabric, artificially it is impossible to saturate it with useful substances for health. But even in that case tocopherol helps to prevent emergence or to remove at all split ends of hair and it is more exciting to make them.
Important! Systematic intake of tocopherol in a combination with ascorbic acid and beta carotene helps to prevent senile destruction of a retina of an eye.
Here how tocopherol helps to treat hair and head skin:
- Improves blood circulation of vessels of head skin.
- Protects hair from influence of ultra-violet light and the external destroying factors.
- Helps to eliminate inflammations on head skin.
- Prevents a hair loss and keeps intensity of their color.
Men's
As well as in a female body, tocopherol helps to regulate activity of an endocrine system. Also for men the intake of vitamin E promotes prevention of atherosclerosis and diabetes helps to treat, reducing the need for insulin. Because tocopherol helps cages to be updated, men's gametes remain viable longer and the reserve of sperm is more often updated that significantly affects quality of sex life and future children. In addition to it it helps to prevent fragility of vessels and capillaries and improves immunity.
Children's
Tocopherol plays an important role in formation and activity of the central and peripheral nervous systems of the person. For children the normal functioning of a brain and nerves is extremely important for the subsequent household and intellectual training. As cages with this vitamin are much better restored, and the child feels much less fatigue, than his coeval with the shortage of tocopherol. It also plays an immunomodulator role in a children's organism that is extremely necessary at seasonal diseases.
Important! Tocopherol plays an important role at a stage of conception and incubation of the child as influences development of nervous system of a fruit and the course of pregnancy in general.
Whether there is a harm
All of us got used that excesses are harmful. In a case with tocopherol it is important to tell that his average daily requirement makes 200 mg. Weak overdose reception over 400 mg, and strong — over 800 mg a day is considered. The adverse effect of tocopherol is shown after long systematic reception of high doses of vitamin.
Possible harm is shown in:
- visual violations;
- indigestions;
- headache and violations from nervous system;
- nausea and spasms in a stomach;
- very fast fatigue and reduced concentration of attention;
- violation of functioning of a thyroid gland;
- increase in risk of formation of blood clots.
Recent researches of the Japanese scientists from Keio University provided new food for thought concerning harm from use of this substance. At mice on whom the experiment was made, decrease in bone weight because of formation of osteoklast (cell of a bone tissue which destroy a bone) was noted. Though results of researches on mice cannot also be projected directly on the person, such indicators set thinking that many aspects of influence of organic matter are still unknown to us.
Important! Before intake of tocopherol surely consult with the therapist and the endocrinologist.
Popular medicines
It should be taken into account that the medicines containing vitamin E there is a set, but they are necessary for people who feel the increased need for intake of this organic antioxidant. From offices of therapists such names of medications as Vitrum, Ayevit and just vitamin E often sound. Also therapists make a set of recommendations how it is worth accepting vitamin E. This antioxidant can be met in different types forms: in capsules, tablets or just in the liquid state.
The majority of medicines on pharmaceutical shelves contain synthetic forms of tocopherol as they are cheaper in transformation. It is difficult to meet the most active alpha vitamin on shelves of drugstores, it is more difficult to get and sell it, than synthetic types. Natural antioxidant is emitted from sprouts of wheat and sold in a liquid or capsular look, but the easiest to receive active antioxidant from food.
Here the list of products where the necessary amount of vitamin E contains:
- vegetable oil (olive, sunflower, almond, sesame, linen, peanut, corn, soy);
- wheat sprouts;
- animal liver;
- egg yolk;
- lettuce leaves;
- sea-buckthorn;
- spinach;
- cabbage (in particular broccoli);
- bran.
Important! The shortage of tocopherol is noted at people who prefer bread from fine flour and eat few green vegetables.
Intake of vitamin E: councils and recommendations
If your deficiency is rather expressed and you suffer from chronic fatigue and problems with nervous system, you need to consult with the doctor and to find out for what you will need intake of antioxidants. Most often vitamin E is accepted in capsules and it will be very useful to you at its deficiency. To understand that you have a shortage of this antioxidant, you will be able on the health.
The indisposition will appear in the following symptoms:
- Hormonal violations (dry skin, a fast set of weight without the objective reasons, an unstable monthly cycle at women, decrease in a libido at men).
- Disorders of digestion (malfunctions in work of a liver, pancreas and gall bladder).
- Problems with nervous and muscular systems.
You should consult also with the doctor concerning vitamin E if you are in the following states:
- you plan pregnancy, or it already occurred;
- you abuse alcoholic beverages and smoking;
- your activity is connected with strong physical activity;
- you are in risk group on developing of a myocardial infarction;
- you have a risk of interruption of a course of pregnancy;
- you treat oncological diseases;
- you are restored after surgical intervention or after a course of treatment by chemotherapy.
Whether you know? Hit on open skin of vitamin E causes dermatitis in 30% of people.
Consultation at the doctor
Having found such symptoms or being in one of above-mentioned states, you have to see a doctor. Having performed primary inspection, it will direct you to delivery of the analysis for determination of level of vitamin E. After studying clinical indicators the doctor will recommend to you to take the drug containing antioxidant and will define a necessary dosage.
Contraindications
As well as each medication, at tocopherol has a number of contraindications:
- children's age up to twelve years;
- the expressed cardiosclerosis;
- myocardial infarction in a sharp stage;
- hyperfunction of a thyroid gland;
- excess of tocopherol in an organism;
- individual sensitivity to medicine or to its components.
It is worth appointing with care medicine to such patients:
- to nursing mothers;
- sick atherosclerosis;
- which have problems with blood clotting.
Instruction for application and dosage
The drug needs to be taken only on a full stomach. Such requirement is proved by the fact that tocopherol is normally acquired only in the presence of fat in a stomach. The dosage and frequency of reception are appointed individually though most often it is recommended to accept after a breakfast. The average single dose for adults makes 100 mg of medicine, the highest single dose — 400 mg, in day is on average appointed 200 mg, and a daily maximum of medicine — 1000 mg.
- In complex anti-oxidizing therapy by the adult appoint 200-400 mg 1-2 times a day.
- At violations of a menstrual cycle prior to the beginning of hormonal therapy appoint 300-400 mg in a day, since the seventeenth of a cycle, the course repeats during five cycles.
- At violations of producing sperm and potency at men appoint 100-300 mg a day in parallel with hormonal therapy, the course lasts thirty days.
In other cases the dosage and frequency of reception are selected the doctor individually.
We hope that our article helped you to learn what is tocopherol where it can be found and for what it in general is necessary to a human body. You show consideration for the health in time to prevent development of hypovitaminosis and diseases, with it connected. God bless you!