24 Sep 2014
All About Vitamin E
Vitamin E is part of a large family composed of tocopherols and tocotrienols.
While alpha-tocopherol is officially recognized as vitamin E, it occurs as alpha, beta, gamma, delta tocopherol, and alpha, beta, gamma, delta tocotrienol.
Vitamin E plays a number of roles in the body, but its function as an antioxidant is the most well known.
The vitamin became better known when studies indicated a role for the prevention of atherosclerosis in 1945. Today, thousands of studies reveal a beneficial role for vitamin E.
Vitamin E Promotes Heart Health
Vitamin E plays an important role in cardiovascular health.
In a clinical …read more