What is the use of vitamin e?

Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin, also known as tocopherol, which can increase the vitality and quantity of male sperm. It can increase female estrogen concentration, improve fertility, prevent miscarriage, and can also be used for male infertility, burn, frostbite, capillary hemorrhage, climacteric syndrome, beauty, etc.

E (Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin, including four tocopherols and four tocotrienols, and it is an antioxidant.

Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin with eight forms and is an important antioxidant. Vitamin E includes two ***8 compounds, namely α, β, γ, δ tocopherol and α, β, γ, δ tocopherol. α -tocopherol is the most widely distributed, abundant and active vitamin E in nature.

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side effect

1. Vitamin E has anticoagulant activity, and long-term high-dose intake will increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke.

2. The intake of low-dose vitamin E has antioxidant effect, while the intake of high-dose vitamin E may no longer have antioxidant activity. At this time, vitamin e has become a pro-oxidant.

3. Intake of large doses of vitamin E will hinder the absorption and function of other fat-soluble vitamins.

What you need to know in use

1. Vitamin E should be stored away from light.

2. Taking vitamin E capsules can cure some women from bleeding or menorrhagia after placing intrauterine devices.

3. Taking more than E300 mg of vitamin E every day can reduce the immune function of the body, and the functions of T lymphocytes, B cells and monocyte-phagocyte systems in the body are low, which makes it easy to suffer from various diseases. In a two-year survey conducted in the Netherlands, researchers divided more than 600 health of the elderly over the age of 60 into two groups, one taking vitamin E and the other taking placebo or sugar pills. During the study period, the incidence of respiratory infection in the two groups was 68% and 67% respectively. Among them, the elderly who took vitamin E fell ill for about 19 days, with fever accounting for 37%, and the infection symptoms became more and more serious. However, the elderly who took placebo or sugar pills were sick for about 14 days, and fever accounted for 25%. This shows that the elderly who take vitamin E are more prone to fever when they are infected with respiratory tract, and the course of disease is longer and more serious.

4. Taking more than E400 mg of vitamin E every day can cause headache, dizziness, nausea, blurred vision, menorrhagia or amenorrhea, and even thrombophlebitis and pulmonary embolism caused by platelet aggregation. This is especially important for the elderly, because pulmonary embolism can cause edema and atelectasis in the area near embolism, affect diffusion function and reduce arterial oxygen partial pressure, especially for the elderly with cor pulmonale or abnormal pulmonary vascular resistance before embolism, less embolism can cause pulmonary hypertension and then complications such as heart failure.

5. Take vitamin E800 mg or more every day for 3 weeks. Urine creatine and serum creatine kinase activity will increase, which can aggravate diseases such as hypertension, angina pectoris and diabetes.

6. When taking vitamin E2000 ~ 12000mg every day, there will be reproductive dysfunction.

It can be seen that although vitamin E is one of the essential nutrients for the continuation of life, it still needs to be taken under the guidance of a doctor or dietitian for a long time to minimize side effects.