Essentials on Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, which may help protect your cells from damage. This essential nutrient occurs naturally in many foods, is available as a dietary supplement, and sometimes is added to processed foods. Vitamin E is fat-soluble, which means your body stores and uses it as needed.

Vitamin E has many functions. It thins the blood which is significant health benefit. Vitamin E can also protect eye sight. Vitamin E intake and high serum tocopherol (vitamin E) levels have been linked to a decreased risk of age-related cataracts.

Vitamin E may help people with higher environmental or lifestyle risk factors. Cigarette smoking, exposure to air pollution, and high exposure to ultraviolet rays from sunlight increase free radicals. Vitamin E may help repair damaged cells as it is a powerful antioxidant. Vitamin E oil can be used to treat scars, acne, and wrinkles because it speeds up cell regeneration. This creates an anti-aging effect, which makes the skin look younger. It benefits the skin by helping it retain its natural moisture content. Vitamin E oil makes dull-looking, dry skin look healthier and fresher.

Vitamin E also helps to keep the immune system strong against viruses and bacteria. It is also important in the formation of red blood cells and helps the body use vitamin K. It also helps widen blood vessels and keep blood from clotting inside them.

Whether vitamin E can prevent cancer, heart disease, dementia, liver disease, and stroke still requires further research

Sources Of Vitamin E

-          Dry roasted sunflower seeds

-          Dry roasted hazelnuts

-          Dry roasted peanuts

-          Dry roasted almonds

-          Spinach

-          Broccoli

-          Kiwifruit

-          Mango

-          Raw tomato

-          Fortified breakfast cereals, fruit juices, margarine, and spreads. Fortified means that vitamins have been added to the food.

Dosages:

The Food and Nutrition Board at the Institute of Medicine Recommended Intakes for Individuals for vitamin E:

Infants

• 0 to 6 months: 4 mg/day
• 7 to 12 months: 5 mg/day

Children

• 1 to 3 years: 6 mg/day
• 4 to 8 years: 7 mg/day
• 9 to 13 years: 11 mg/day

Adolescents and Adults

• 14 and older: 15 mg/day
• Pregnant teens and women: 15 mg/day
• Breastfeeding teens and women: 19 mg/day

Ask your health care provider which amount is best for you. The highest safe level of vitamin E supplements for adults is 1,500 IU/day for natural forms of vitamin E, and 1,000 IU/day for the man-made (synthetic) form.

Vitamin E Overdose:

As a fat-soluble vitamin, vitamin E is stored in the body, and excess is not washed from the body through the urine like water-soluble vitamins. It can slowly accumulate to toxic levels. This means that a person can overdose on vitamin E, especially by taking supplements. Too much vitamin D can cause:

-          Excessive bleeding especially in the brain.

-          High levels of vitamin E may also increase the risk of birth defects.

-          Diarrhoea, nausea, stomach cramps.

-          Blurred vision

-          Unusual tiredness or weakness

Vitamin E Deficiency:

This condition is rare. Infants, those with fat malabsorption and abetalipoproteinemia, a condition that prevents the body from completely absorbing certain dietary fats, are more likely to have vitamin E deficiency. Signs of this vitamin deficiency are:

-          Anaemia

-          Skeletal muscle weakness

-          Loss of muscle mass

-          Abnormal eye movements

-          Vision problems

-          Unsteady walking

A deficiency that lasts a long time may also cause liver and kidney problems.

Report finds processed meats can cause cancer

Processed meats like bacon, hot dogs, sausages, ham, beef jerky, and lunch meats can cause cancer, according to a research division of the World Health Organization (WHO). And other red meats may as well.

After reviewing hundreds of studies, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the WHO’s cancer research arm, concluded that processed meats should be classified as cancer-causing to humans for colorectal cancer. Processed meats often contain pork or beef but can also contain other red meats, turkey, or chicken. Cancer-causing chemicals involved in processing and cooking may contribute to the higher risk of cancer from processed and red meats.

Unprocessed red meats were deemed “probably cancer-causing” by the IARC because evidence suggests a link between eating them and developing colorectal cancer, as well as pancreatic and prostate cancer.

Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard Chan School, said that the WHO report is “very significant from a public health point of view because processed red meats have already been linked to type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other chronic disease, and this provides convincing evidence that consuming processed meats…is linked to an increased risk of colorectal cancer in particular.”

 It’s not necessary to totally give up processed meats, but to limit them instead, and to replace them with healthier sources of protein eg nuts, beans and peas.

“Have red meat the way we think of lobster, a special event, a few times a year” 

Around the world, millions of people don’t get enough protein. Protein malnutrition leads to the condition known as kwashiokor. Lack of protein can cause growth failure, loss of muscle mass, decreased immunity, weakening of the heart and respiratory system, and death.



*Culled from: Harvard T H Chan School Of Public Health.

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

 

Hello,

This is is one of the medical conditions I am passionate about...

It is really fairly common.
Some patients have this but do not know because some would not show the classical symptoms, some may only have 1 or 2 of the symptom. This is only confirmed when they go to investigate the cause of their infertility.

This article is very concise and easy to understand. I hope it helps someone.

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Ways To Boost Your Fertility- Product Review

 

Control Your Weight 

Excess fat can be a disadvantage, as body fat can produce estrogen, and too much estrogen can impair your ability to conceive. Being too thin is another cause of infertility in women. Without enough body fat, you may not ovulate normally. Add more healthy ingredients to your diet – lean protein, whole grain foods and good fats such as olive oil.

Forever "Clean 9" is a healthy way to detoxify your body, remove the harmful toxins that cause cell damage which may lead to the release of defective eggs or sperm cells or even make the walls of the uterus not conducive for implantation. And YOU LOOSE THE EXTRA WEIGHT IN THE PROCESS!

Importance of Natural Detox:
     Toxic agents are everywhere in our world.  The food we eat, the air we breathe, the beauty products we use, the household cleaners we spray, the electronics we use everyday etc.  However, toxic free radicals are formed in the body too from the emotional and physical stress we go through.
      Detoxification means cleaning the blood. This is the removal of impurities from the blood by the liver, where toxins are processed for elimination. The body also eliminates toxins through the kidneys by urinating, intestines by defecating, lungs by breathing, lymph and skin by sweating.
     However, when the body cannot do this on its own or when these toxins are too much for the body to handle, impurities aren't properly filtered and every cell in the body would be affected.
     Regular detoxing can help the not to over work itself. while also stimulating it to remove toxins from the body.

     Detoxification helps you to:
-Improves fertility. Like I said before, detoxification helps to create a healthy body in preparation for pregnancy. It encourages the liver to cleanse the body of toxins and excess hormones. It also supports the uterus to cleanse itself of old stagnant blood and increases circulation to the uterus while improving the tone of the uterine tissues, encouraging implantation and maintaining pregnancy. It would be important to note that the best time to detoxify is immediately after your period, before ovulation.
Forever Bee pollen (contained in "Forever Clean 9") stimulates and restores ovarian function, therefore may be used to assist in accelerating pregnancy. As well as being a hormonal booster it is also a great aphrodisiac!

-Energy boost. It refuels the body with healthy nutrients.

-Loose weight. This is short term if you don't  replace bad foods with good, and use your newfound energy to exercise more and be more active overall.

-Increase bowel movement and reduce the risk for colon cancer. Most of us eat a lot and eliminate once a day or less...this is a high risk for colon cancer. It also helps to absorb nutrients better.

-Improving the immune system. Many of the herbs you take while on a detox will help the lymphatic system, which plays a big role in keeping you healthy.

-Repairs the body cells. Detoxification addresses the needs of individual cells, the smallest units of human life. Every cell of the body tends to benefit from this. The skin improving the appearance and eliminating body odor, ovaries and eggs, testes and sperm cells, the brain improving concentration.

    Overall, helps you to develop a healthy lifestyle.

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