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5)How is Vitamin E thought to lower the risk of heart disease in certain individuals


5)How is Vitamin E thought to lower the risk of heart disease in certain individuals?

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Well I am going to be up front I am not a doctor nor will i ever claim to be one but he Vitamin E theory is in alot of books I just read one instantly because my mother has heart disease and needles to say this book was amazing and it carries alot of information including the Vitamin E theory ill put the link in my sources for you.
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Page 405-406 in your advanced nutrition book!!!!!! :)
3 :
Without vitamin E, we essentially turn rancid. Vitamin E is fat-soluble, that is, able to penetrate the fatty areas of our tissues. As it does so, it neutralizes toxic oxidants and protects oxidant-sensitive membranes. Thus vitamin E is justifiably known as an antioxidant, and for helping to prevent age-associated increases in oxidative insults to our bodies. Fragile red blood cells are a common characteristic of E deficiency. Blood cell membranes, normally protected by E, tend to oxidize and rupture easily. Recent studies indicate vitamin E may help in slowing cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients, and it may even lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Significant evidence also supports the vitamin as important for protecting tissues from the destructive action of oxidants and consequent disease, including heart disease, cataracts, cancer, neurological disorders and disorders of the muscular system. The incidence of these diseases increases with age. Thus it is important to obtain enough E to attenuate the age-associated destructive process



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