~ The story about Vitamin E~

                

           Let’s talk about health….When I drove to come to the office, Traxx FM always talk about be health, and it’s a good for us. So, I felt very excited to share something with you all. Actually, I’m not quite good in this but I’ll try to share what I’ve got while I’m reading the journal and magazines.


          Vitamin E is one of the essential vitamins needed by the body to help keep the immune system strong against viruses and bacteria. Because, nowadays lot of emerging disease in our environment.

          It has many antioxidant properties. Its protective effect involves the inhibition of lipid per oxidation in tissues, and cells. Vitamin E helps to rid the body of excessive free radicals and protects us from cardiovascular diseases, skin disorders and other degenerative illnesses.

           In order to fully comprehend the benefits that this vitamin has to offer for us, let us understand its biological structure first. Vitamin E is not a single nutrient but refers to an entire family or eight fat-soluble compounds. There are two main groups of vitamin E, namely TOCOPHEROLS and TECOTRIENOLS, which each serve a unique purpose. Tocopherols and tocotrienols are further divided into 4 different types – ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA and DELTA. Most of the available vitamin E supplements contain either only mixed tocopherols or alpha, beta, delta and gamma tocopherols. These four tocopherols represent only half of the vitamin E family.

          While most vitamin E sold in the market are tocopherols, less is known about their sibling, the tocotrienols. This is largely because it exists in smaller quantities in plants. Tocotrienols, found abundantly in palm fruit, which is available in abundance in Malaysia, is the richest source of tocotrienols in the world.

           Tocotrienols are structurally different from tocopherol, with their unsaturated side chains, thus the difference in their FLUIDITY and biological functions. It is this variation in their molecular structure that enables tocotrienols to provide unique health benefits unshared by tocopherols.

           In recent years, due to very encouraging clinical studies, more and more research is being done on the benefits of tocotrienols. And because of this, tocotrienols are being extracted from palm oil throughout the world, both for research and daily consumption. Some clinical studies have claimed that there are benefits in the likes of:

• Minimizing free radical damage-

• Healthy heart functions and circulatory system-

• Chemo-protection-

• Adjuvant therapy in the treatment process increases the efficiency of tamoxifen in breast cancer management.

The safety profile of tocotrienols is excellent and they are suitable for long term consumption. Daily intake of tocotrienols is thus tremendously beneficial in the reduction of oxidative damage and maintenance of healthy heart functions.





That’s all….enjoying my writing…..

P/s: Got this information while I went to the palm oil mills at KKS Tanah Merah for inspection faulty mixer.