How to get all the benefits of Vitamin E

Learn about one of the most important antioxidants - Vitamin E. How we are all can benefit from it's ability to improve circulation and metabolic function.

Things You'll Need

• Vitamin E

Instructions

1. Vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant essential for optimal health, with a wide variety of benefits. It supplies oxygen to the heart and other muscles. Helps stop LDL (bad cholesterol) from forming on artery walls. Fights free radicals which contribute to premature aging of cells and tissues. It is capable of strengthening your immune system, nutritionally supporting cardiovascular health, and promoting a healthy circulatory system.

2. Buy a natural Vitamin E that has beta, gamma and delta tocopherols added, to benefit from it's most powerful range of antioxidant protection.

3. Decide how much Vitamin E you should take. The average is one tablet for every thirty pounds of your body weight.

4. Take all of the Vitamin E at one time - with or just before breakfast.

Tips & Warnings

• There are two available forms of Vitamin E, synthetic and natural. The synthetic form is found written as "dl-alpha tocopherol" and the natural form is written as "d-alpha tocopherol". You may also see "tocopheryl". Tocopherol and tocopheryl are both taken orally, but tocopherol absorbs better into the system.

• Avoid the synthetic form that has colors, flavoring, preservatives or oil fillers added, which eventually become rancid and can cause free radical damage.