Vitamin E can help lower cholesterol, boost the immune system, and is essential for heart health.
Aside from food sources, vitamin E can also be obtained from supplements that you can buy at the drug store or pharmacy nearby.
If you want to take supplements of vitamin E, the following tips in order to supplement vitamin E is more easily absorbed by the body:
1. Take supplements d-alpha tocopherol, the natural form of vitamin E. This supplement is more potent than the synthetic form of vitamin E is dl-alpha tocopherol.
2. Take vitamin E with vitamin A at the same time, because vitamin E is needed in the absorption of vitamin A.
3. Avoid taking iron along with vitamin E. This is because inorganic iron can destroy vitamin E. If you want to take these two supplements, drink separately.
4. Take mineral supplements and vitamin E separately, because the mineral can inhibit the absorption of vitamin E.
5. For dose vitamine supplements into several small doses and the dose drink with a time interval (eg, 3 times a day).
6. Avoid taking supplements of vitamin E in high doses if you are taking anticoagulant drugs, because it can increase the effects of the drug.
7. Check other medicines you may be taking. Anticonvulsant drugs such as phenobarbital. phenytoin, and carbamazepine can interfere with the absorption and metabolism of vitamin E.
