*An eye condition called retinitis pigmentosa: All-rac-alpha-tocopherol (synthetic vitamin E) 400 IU seems to speed vision loss in people with retinitis pigmentosa. However, much lower amounts (3 IU) don’t seem to produce this effect. If you have this condition, it’s best to avoid vitamin E.
*Bleeding disorders: Vitamin E might make bleeding disorders worse. If you have a bleeding disorder, avoid taking vitamin E supplements.
* Prostate cancer: There is concern that taking vitamin E might increase the chance of developing prostate cancer. The effect of vitamin E in men who currently have prostate cancer is not clear. But, in theory, taking vitamin E supplements might worsen prostate cancer in men who already have it.
*Head and neck cancer: Don’t take vitamin E supplements in doses of 400 IU/day or more. Vitamin E might increase the chance that cancer will return.
*Surgery: Vitamin E might increase the risk of bleeding during and after surgery. Stop using vitamin E at least 2 weeks before a scheduled surgery.
==The benefits of Vitamin E are==
*Bladder cancer. Taking 200 IU of vitamin E by mouth for more than 10 years seems to help prevent death from bladder cancer.
*Alzheimer’s disease. Vitamin E might slow down the worsening of memory loss in people with moderately severe Alzheimer’s disease. But vitamin E does not seem to prevent moving from mild memory problems to full-blown Alzheimer’s disease.
*Painful menstruation (dysmenorrhea). Taking vitamin E for 2 days before and for 3 days after bleeding begins seems to decrease pain severity and duration, and reduce menstrual blood loss.
*Premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Taking vitamin E by mouth seems to reduce anxiety, craving, and depression in some women with PMS.
*Chemotherapy-related nerve damage. Taking vitamin E before and after treatment with cisplatin chemotherapy might reduce the chance of getting nerve damage.
*Ischemic stroke. Some research shows that taking vitamin E might slightly decrease the chance of having a stroke caused by a blood clot (ischemic stroke). But taking vitamin E might also increase the chance of having a more severe type of stroke, called hemorrhagic stroke. This kind of stroke occurs when there is bleeding into the brain.
*Liver disease called nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Taking vitamin E 400-1200 IU daily seems to significantly improve symptoms in adults and children after 4-24 months of treatment.
*Huntington’s chorea. Natural vitamin E (RRR-alpha-tocopherol) can significantly improve symptoms in people with early Huntington’s disease, but it doesn’t seem to help people with more advanced disease.
*Macular degeneration. Taking vitamin E by mouth in combination with vitamin C, beta-carotene and zinc might slow the worsening of advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD). There isn’t enough information to know if this combination helps people with less advanced macular disease or prevents AMD. Zinc needs to be present in the combination for there to be any effect on AMD.
*Rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Vitamin E taken along with standard treatment is better than standard treatment alone for reducing pain in people with RA. But this combination doesn’t reduce swelling (inflammation).
*Male infertility.
*High blood pressure during pregnancy (pre-eclampsia).
*Movement disorders called tardive dyskinesia and dyspraxia.
*Parkinson’s disease.
*Kidney problems in children (glomerulosclerosis).
*Helping to treat an inherited disorder called G6PD deficiency.
*Beta-thalassemia.
*Dementia.
*Healing a type of skin sore called granuloma annulare when put on the skin.
*Uveitis.
*Sunburn.
*Helping the eyes heal after surgery.
*Treating a type of eye disease in newborns called retrolental fibroplasia.
*Decreasing brain and heart bleeding in premature babies.
*Helping some heart medications called “nitrates” work better.
*Improving physical performance and strength in the elderly.
*Fibrosis caused by radiation.
*Mercury Detox : A combination of vitamin E and [[Selenium]] products may help reduce the toxicity of mercury from eating fish.
== Food Sources ==
Vitamin E is present in a wide range of whole foods."Good sources of vitamin E include vegetable oils, sweet potatoes, avocados, nuts, sunflower seeds and soybeans. Smaller amounts are found in egg yolks and green leafy vegetables. Alpha-tocopherol is more abundant in sunflower and wheat germ oils, whereas corn and soybean oils have higher levels of gamma-tocopherol.
* [[Red Clover]] contains Vitamin E in the form of Tocopherol which is a very potent antioxidant known to help fight [[cancer]] as well as [[Heart Disease]].
* two forms of vitamin E, gamma and delta-tocopherols found in soybean, canola and corn oils as well as nuts prevent colon, lung, breast and prostate cancers.
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