Two words: free radicals. The key to understanding the importance of Vitamin E lies in understanding the role of free radicals in your body. Now normally, you and I tend to smile whenever we hear the word 'free' whether it is describing a product available in the market or our own mental state after an exam. Unfortunately, the same happiness does not apply when talking about free radicals. What are free radicals?
While they are formed by natural body processes within you, free radicals tend to break down and damage the normal cells in your body to make up for their own unstable molecule, thus shortening the life span of normal cells. You need anti-oxidants that donate their own electrons to free radicals and thus make them stable again. And guess who is a natural anti-oxidant? Yes, Vitamin E! Fat soluble so your body can store it and use when necessary, Vitamin E is available both in…
