Vitamin E

  

Description	Vitamin E is a Fat-Soluble vitamin essential nutrient for the body, as it helps keep the body healthy. Vitamin E is a family of fat-soluble compounds, and it naturally occurs in the right different forms, which includes four tocotrienols and four tocopherols (alpha, beta, gamma, and delta). Alpha-tocopherol is the most potent and common form of vitamin E. Vitamin E can be found in a variety of foods and supplements, and the best way to consume vitamin E is through a healthy diet. For vitamin E, the deficiency is rare, and it is essential to avoid overdosing for supplement users.
Body functions	Vitamin E majorly serves as an antioxidant for the body; it also helps to protect eyesight as it decreases the risk of age-related cataracts
Deficiency Symptoms	The symptoms of vitamin E deficiency in the body include; anemia, ataxia, retinopathy, skeletal myopathy, peripheral neuropathy, impairment of the immune response, and nerve damage. It is vital to take note of these symptoms early.
Causes of Deficiency	Vitamin E deficiency is very rare. According to NIH, some people are more prone to vitamin E deficiency than others. People with fat malabsorption and abetalipoproteinemia (a condition that prevents the body from completely absorbing some dietary fats) and infants are more likely to have a deficiency of vitamin E.
Food sources	Vitamin E can be gotten from dietary sources such as; -          Almonds -          Peanuts and Hazelnuts -          Wheat germ -          Corn and soya bean oils -          Vegetables like Spinach and Broccoli
Medicinal sources	Vitamin E can be gotten from supplements that are available at the recommendation of your doctor
Daily recommended value	For people over the age of 14, the recommended dietary allowance is 22 IU, while it is 28.4 IU in lactating women. For infants, it is between 6 IU – 7.5IU.

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