Vitamin E

 Vitamin E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant and may help your cells from damage. Also, being it is fat-soluble, your body stores and uses it as needed.  Like rust on your bike or automobile, a similar process of oxidation and accelerated aging takes place in our bodies when we are exposed to free radicals.  Free radicals weaken and break down healthy cells, contributing to heart disease and cancers.  Free radicals form as a result of normal body processes, but more so with exposure to industrial chemicals, pollution, cigarette smoking, etc.  Vitamin E helps in reducing the damage and slowing the aging process down.

It has been shown in many studies that high doses of Vitamin E supplements actually DECREASE life span.  The NIH, reports that taking high doses of Vitamin E in supplement form can cause serious side effects. Including increased risks of hemorrhagic stroke.  

The following foods are good sources:

1 ounce serving:

*Dry roasted sunflower seeds = 7.4mg

*Dry roasted almonds = 6.8mg

*Dry roasted hazelnuts = 4.3mg

*Dry roasted peanuts = 2.2mg

1 cup serving:

*Spinach boiled = 1.9mg

*Broccoli chopped and boiled = 1.2mg

The easiest way to get your RDA (15mg) is by adding a tablespoon of wheat germ oil to a recipe or alternatively snacking on sunflower seeds throughout the day.  Or even a kale/spinach salad with tomato, sunflower seeds sprinkle with wheat germ.  Get creative!

Have a great week.

Be kind.

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Judd