Vitamin E is a very familiar class of nutrients, it is also known as tocopherol, in the beginning, it is more used to assist in the treatment of women's infertility symptoms, but in the end the reason why it is widely sought after by women, mainly because it has a very good antioxidant capacity.
In daily life, people are inevitably affected by ultraviolet radiation and air pollution, in this case, the human body will produce free radicals, which in turn will reduce the quality of the skin, in this case, if vitamin E is combined with free radicals, then it can produce antioxidant and anti-aging positive reactions.
However, it is important to remind you that taking vitamin E internally can indeed help you improve your skin condition, but if you take various types of vitamin E capsules sold on the market in order to improve the quality of your skin, it is not necessary.
Vitamin E softgels are oily, more than 90% of which are excipients, which is done to accelerate the absorption and utilization efficiency of the stomach and intestines, but if we apply these greasy liquids to the surface of the skin, then for women who are already oily skin, it will increase the burden on the skin, making pores more likely to clog, which will increase the risk of acne.
Of course, vitamin E is very friendly to women, it can not only help women delay aging, but also help improve women's reproductive function, help eliminate all kinds of free radicals in the body, for elderly women, appropriate consumption of vitamin E can also care for cardiovascular health, strengthen cardiovascular function.
Speaking of which, many people may think that vitamin E is a rare health care product, and even want to buy it immediately and insist on taking a large amount of it every day, but in fact, excessive supplementation of vitamin E often does more harm than good, although vitamin is an essential type of nutrient element for maintaining the normal operation of the body, but excessive supplementation will also cause adverse effects on the body.
Vitamin E can lead to an increase in the concentration of serum cholesterol and serum triglycerides in the human body, therefore, if female friends in daily life if they supplement vitamin E at will, there may be excessive menstrual flow or cause amenorrhea and other problems, and for patients with abnormal liver function and diabetes and hyperlipidemia, it may also lead to platelet aggregation and increase the risk of thrombosis. It also increases the risk of prostate cancer in men by about 17%.
Therefore, for high-dose vitamin E supplementation, we often call it nutritional therapy, which is mostly only used in people with certain diseases, and can only be used as an adjunct therapy. For healthy adults, the daily supplementation of vitamin E should not exceed 14mg, and although vitamin E is good, it is not suitable for everyone.
First of all, for patients undergoing radiotherapy for cancer, blindly supplementing with vitamin E may lead to a decrease in the efficacy of radiotherapy.
Secondly, for breast cancer patients, excessive fat intake due to vitamin E supplementation may increase the risk of disease recurrence;
Finally, even if it is used by ordinary people for the prevention of certain diseases, it is not recommended to blindly supplement vitamin E, and the use of vitamin E should be combined with the scientific guidance and advice of doctors as much as possible, and then targeted supplementation should be carried out.