Nov 06
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Vitamin E for Middle Aged Men?
It appears that the relatively cheap and easily accessible vitamin, vitamin E, may have some fairly significant health and preventive benefits for middle aged men who take it, especially middle aged men who also happen to smoke.
Vitamin E is a very good vitamin as we know, for overall health, and has been known to have some sort of heart protective abilities and is also known for being a good skin care vitamin for both men and women.
You do have to be careful with vitamin E though, as too much of it can be toxic to the system since it is not a vitamin that we “pee out” daily, rather it can be stored in the organs and become toxic if too much is taken.
The newest studies on the vitamin show that it may actually help prevent death from cancer and heart disease in the middle age demographic of men who also smoke. The study was done with almost 30,000 men, so it’s nothing to laugh at, since the number of subjects is substantial and the study was done very credibly.
It shows that the men who had higher levels of vitamin E in their blood had a lower death rate if they had cancer or heart disease over a specified period of time during which the study was conducted.
The vitamin is also known as alpha tocopherol (yes, you’ve probably seen this in your multivitamin, that’s what I thought too), and it is known as a very potent antioxidant which is often added to multivitamin supplements for men.
Antioxidants are now being hailed as excellent heart health protectors and overall life quality enhancers and longevity promoters. Not only that, vitamin E also has an enhancing effect on the health and functionality of the blood vessels, helping to strengthen and tone them.
Overall, I’d say vitamin E is something you would want to make sure you have in your vitamin or health supplement, at any rate.
