Most people don’t know the functions of vitamin E

Vitamin E is a type of tocopherol that can be dissolved in fat. Its main function is as an antioxidant. External use of vitamin E can beautify the skin and moisturize it. Eating vitamin E can promote the body's endocrine system, increase female estrogen levels, and increase the number of active sperm in men.

Definition of Vitamin E

Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin, also known as tocopherol, and is one of the most important antioxidants. It is soluble in organic solvents such as fat and ethanol, insoluble in water, stable to heat and acid, unstable to alkali, sensitive to oxygen, and insensitive to heat. However, the activity of vitamin E is significantly reduced during frying. Tocopherol can promote the secretion of sex hormones, increase the vitality and quantity of male sperm, increase the concentration of female hormones in women, improve fertility, and prevent miscarriage. It can also be used to prevent and treat male infertility, burns, frostbite, capillary bleeding, menopausal syndrome, and beauty. Recently, it has also been discovered that vitamin E can inhibit lipid peroxidation reactions in the lens of the eye, dilate peripheral blood vessels, improve blood circulation, and prevent the occurrence and development of myopia.

The role of vitamin E

The most important physiological function of tocopherol to the human body is to promote reproduction. It can promote the secretion of sex hormones, increase the vitality and quantity of sperm in men, increase the concentration of estrogen in women, improve fertility and prevent miscarriage. When vitamin E is deficient, testicular atrophy and epithelial cell degeneration will occur, leading to fertility abnormalities. Vitamin E is often used clinically to treat threatened abortion and habitual abortion. It is also helpful in preventing and treating male infertility.

Other functions include protecting T lymphocytes, protecting red blood cells, resisting free radical oxidation, and inhibiting platelet aggregation, thereby reducing the risk of myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction. It also has a good therapeutic effect on burns, frostbite, capillary bleeding, menopausal syndrome, and beauty. Recently, it has been discovered that vitamin E can inhibit lipid peroxidation reactions in the lens of the eye, dilate peripheral blood vessels, and improve blood circulation.

People who are deficient in vitamin E

1. People with malnutrition, lack of vitality and endocrine disorders.

2. People with weak constitution, multiple diseases, premature aging, cancer patients and those undergoing chemotherapy.

3. Patients with arthritis, dermatitis and pigmentation.

4. People with low libido, irregular menstruation and infertility.

5. People who need maintenance.

Pathogenesis of vitamin E deficiency

1. When vitamin E is deficient, male testicles atrophy and no sperm is produced, female embryos and placentas atrophy, causing miscarriage, and the pituitary gland is hindered from regulating the secretion of estrogen from the ovaries, thus inducing menopausal syndrome and premature ovarian failure.

2. When vitamin E is deficient, the free radicals produced during the human body's metabolism can not only cause lipid peroxidation of biological membranes, destroy the structure and function of cell membranes, and form lipofuscin; but also cause protein deformation, inactivation of enzymes and hormones, decreased immunity, metabolic disorders, and promote aging of the body.