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What is the Best Vitamin for Your Heart?
Today’s article will discuss the essential vitamin for your heart. It is vitamin E.
Vitamin E serves as an antioxidant. It exists naturally in some foods and is sometimes added to other foods.
Vitamin E exists in at least eight forms. Out of these 8, the best is alpha-tocopherol. This is because Alpha-tocopherol meets all the dietary requirements of humans.
Vitamin E is fat-soluble. It is stored in the fatty tissue and liver and released for use when needed.
It is important to note that the most critical part of the vitamin E complex involves tocotrienols. Tocotrienols are best for the heart — better than tocopherols because it works faster and it’s more profound. Its antioxidant properties are also more potent.
So, how does vitamin E benefit the heart?
Do you recall seeing rust on your car or your bike? Well, a similar oxidation process and rapid aging occur in your heart and other parts of your body when your cells are exposed to free radicals.
Free radicals are molecules that weaken healthy cells in your body and break them down. Free radicals may contribute to chronic heart conditions like heart disease. It also plays a role in cancer. You experience oxidative stress when there is an…
