Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Vitamin E

Vitamin E

Did you know that a vitamin E deficiency can cause infertility? Well, that’s what they found out in some experiments on rats in the 1920s). The name “tocopherol” given to vitamin E actually means “bring forth children” in Greek!

Vitamin is also a powerful antioxidant and is essential for normal functioning of many body systems. It protects cell membranes from attack by free-radicals.

Good dietary sources of vitamin E include:

avocado
vegetable oil
whole grains
wheat germ
nuts
brown rice
oatmeal

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