vitamin e

[MaFFe1]

last season i got caught in the chin with a check. 10 or so stitches. and my mom got me this vitamin e pills thing, that if i broke it open and put the gel on my scab, i wouldnt get a scar. yeah i didnt use it, its a bad *** looking scar lol. so i was sitting in my room and looked at the case thing, and it sed stuff like keeps ur metabolic function up, and stuff about immune system. and i happen to be trying to lose some weight/lose fat and gain good weight.

so my question is. will vitamin E help me to lose a little fat. not necassarily will it. but in this situation, what will it do?

[MaFFe1]

thanks?? anyone?

[Dadabhoy_Muzzi]

1. What is it and where does it come from?

Vitamin E, along with Vitamin A is an incredibly powerful antioxidant. It is fat-soluble and produces the superoxide dismutase (SOD), a powerful free radical eliminator. Vitamin E can be found in Bee Pollen and Royal Jelly.

2. What does it do and what scientific studies give evidence to support this?

Vitamin E scavenges the body for harmful free radicals and annihilates them.

3. Who needs it and what are some symptoms of deficiency?

Anyone who wants a healthy immune system and added protection against free radicals should supplement with Vitamin E. Hard training bodybuilders and athletes, especially, can wear down their body's immune system causing health related problems. This is where Vitamin E comes in! Supplementing with Vitamin E can increase the strength of your immune system and the overall health of your body. Vitamin E can also ease aches, pains, and sore muscles. Vitamin E is an essential nutrient; however, deficiency is uncommon.

4. How much should be taken? Are there any side effects?

Vitamin E concentrations vary. Most people consume 20 - 30 IU per day. The RDA for Vitamin E is only 15 IU for males and 12 IU for females. Nevertheless, the RDA is only meant to prevent against a deficiency and many of the antioxidant effects of Vitamin E cannot be obtained at levels this low. To truly get the benefits from Vitamin E Alliance for Aging Research recommends taking between 100 and 400 IU per day for adults. Various medical literature commonly recommends adults supplement with between 100 and 800 IU per day. For very active athletes as much as 1,200 to 1,500 IU per day has been recommended by trainers and researchers.
So, as you can see, there is quite a bit of leeway for supplementing with Vitamin E. In fact, there is very little evidence of toxicity in levels up to 1200 IU. High doses of Vitamin E may be harmful if you have high blood pressure.

http://bodybuilding.com/store/vite.html

Hope that helps!

[MACDADDY]

doesnt vitamin e help keep you skin healthy or something? thats what my mom said once...then i kinda tuned everything out and went into my own little world...

[the wister]

Maffe, it's not going to cause any noticeable difference, except for maybe a placebo effect, but not in this case when it comes to losing fat. Marketers pretty much find research done by scientists that say what the body uses vitamin E for, and then claim that adding more vit E will improve those functions. Then they say this claim is backed by scientific research.

[MaFFe1]

thanks. and macdaddy, i heard that to kinda. long story short... lyme disease medicine made me real sensitive to the sun. i go to the shore for a week. come back with second degree burns on my hands. goes away. hands get real dry and peely. for a month about. my mom told me that if i put the vitamin e gel from in a pill all over them it will help. didnt really help lol.

so basically. i wont get messed up if i do start taking this? (once a day like it says on the back)