Everybody should be aware of how good vitamins are for their bodies. However the less known facts about vitamins, is that people need to consume an adequate amount of vitamins on a very regular basis not just to keep their body healthy but to keep it functioning properly too. So it goes without question that vitamins are brilliant; they’re essential. And a great example is one that’s maybe not as heralded as one of two of the others – Vitamin E.

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Also known as tocopheral (in all its different naturally-occurring forms), Vitamin E is a fat-soluble nutrient, which means it can be dissolved by the fats in the body (lipids); this feature obviously plays a crucial role in how it operates in the human body, ensuring it helps to maintain eyesight1, aid the tackling of gout and proves critical for those suffering from arthritic symptoms, to name just a few of the things it does.

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If you take a closer look at Vitamin E’s multiple health benefits, you will realise that there are so many. Perhaps more than anything else, it’s well known for its antioxidant qualities; contributing greatly to boosting and preserving the health of cell membranes and the tissues of the breast, eyes, liver, skin and testes. And, like all antioxidants, it’s highly effective at swinging into action and ceasing molecules known as ‘free radicals’ from their harmful behaviour when they’ve found their way into the body.

 

What do they do? Well, a free radical is uncharged (it lacks an electron), thus it likes nothing better to than try and chemically ‘complete’ itself by pairing with another electron-carrying molecule; but an antioxidant likes nothing more that stopping a free radical in its tracks – and ensuring its behaviour doesn’t cause oxidative stress. This, in turn, can help pave the way to serious ailments like neurodegenerative disease, while free radicals are also associated with arthritis, heart disease, hypertension, senility and even cancer.