Interesting Facts About Vitamin E.
Vitamin E was discovered in 1922 by Dr. Herbert Evans and
Katherine Bishop in their research on reproduction in rats.
Vitamin
E consists of eight distinct antioxidant compounds. Vitamin E exists
naturally in eight forms. There are four tocopherols and four tocotrienols with alpha, beta,
delta and gamma in each group. It is a fat soluble
vitamin. Vitamin E food sources are vegetable
oils, avocados, spinach, sunflower seeds, wheat germ, nuts, and whole grains. Vitamin E has no toxicity or side effects except for an
anticoagulant effect.
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