Posts Tagged ‘Vitamin E’
Nutrition as an Antioxidant
Vitamin
Vitamin C: In fruits and vegetables, fresh and raw, like guava, kiwi, mango, pineapple, persimmon, citrus, melons, strawberries, fruit, peppers, tomatoes, brassicas (cabbage family vegetables), fruits and common vegetables.
Vitamin E (tocopherol): wheat germ, soybean oil, wheat germ of cereals or cereal, olive oil, green leafy vegetables and nuts.
Beta-carotene or provitamin A : It belongs to the carotenoid family of plants. The body can convert into vitamin A.
Together antioxidant properties of vitamin A and that act on free radicals. Lately has shown its role in preventing cataracts and their beneficial effects in processes associated with inflammation and aging.
Overcoming Methods Blood vessels and Disease Varicose veins
Varicose veins occur as a result of poor blood circulation causing excessive expansion and continuing through the blood vessels. Arteries carry blood from the heart to the legs, and long veins and elastic channel has a valve to prevent backflow of blood and return it to heart, but sometimes weaken the walls and the valves stop working.
Possible causes
The main cause of the appearance of varicose veins including descendants (a more family members who suffer, the greater the chance that you’ve inherited), the use of contraception (female hormones play an important role in the expansion of blood vessels), a work that has been standing for hours or sit too long (and it also includes domestic work, more hours of standing, but must bear the venous pressure at the ankle), trade developed in contact with high temperature, physical activity, excess weight, alcohol and tobacco, diet deficient in vitamin E and became the mother of many children (pregnancy increase the amount of blood they need to manage the blood vessels, and the long months of pressing the fetal pelvis, thus preventing a good flow). Read the rest of this entry »