The Vitamin Found to Destroy Cancer Cells
Vitamin E is able to protect cholesterol from oxidation because it is a potent antioxidant that is fat soluble. When cholesterol becomes oxidized too many times, it can accumulate in blood vessels walls and create early stage atherosclerosis, also known as hardening of the arteries.
Vitamin E is mainly found in:
- Vegetables (especially green ones)
- Fish
- Nuts
- Eggs
- Whole grains
- Plant oils
These foods are prominently featured in the Mediterranean Diet, the only diet to be documented as reducing mortality from all causes.
A study published in 2014 from the Gill Heart Institute at the University of Kentucky documented that eating the Mediterranean Diet can lead to a reduction in peripheral artery disease of a whopping 56 percent. Beneficial outcomes on insulin resistance and inflammation were also noted. But back to vitamin E specifically.
Vitamin E is actually composed of eight different compounds – four are tocopherols and four are tocotrienols. Each is found in some amount in the daily diet of most people.
The most well-known of this group is alpha-tocopherol. It is the form most commonly found as a supplement, probably because it is widely known to prevent free radical damage. Recently, the other tocopherols and tocotrienols have begun to be investigated; preliminary findings have suggested we may soon hear about more health benefits from vitamin E.
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D., author of 54 books on natural substances including Prescription Alternative, The Herb Bible, and the widely distributed Vitamin Bible, says vitamin E can:
- Keep you looking younger by retarding cellular aging due to oxidation
- Supply oxygen to the body to give it more endurance
- Protect lungs against air pollution by working with vitamin A
- Prevent and dissolve blood clots
- Alleviate fatigue
- Help to prevent various forms of cancer
- Help prevent scar formation externally and internally
- Accelerate healing of burns
- Work as a diuretic and lower blood pressure
- Help prevent miscarriages
- Help alleviate leg cramps and charley horses
- Lower risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke
- Decrease risk of Alzheimer’s disease
The best way to increase vitamin E intake is to regularly include the foods that contain healthy amounts of it in your diet. This way you can get all eight of its forms and be sure it is digested and assimilated into your body.
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