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vendredi 8 février 2013

WHY DO WE NEED VITAMIN E

Vitamin E is an antioxidant, a nutrient found in food, which you need to protect your brain, heart, and liver. Your body also needs vitamin E to boost its immune system so that it can fight off invading bacteria and viruses. It helps to widen blood vessels and keep blood from clotting within them. So if you want to be safe and healthy, better for you to eat vitamin E foods.
Sunflower seeds are vitamin E rich food with 36.6mg (222% DV) of vitamin E in a 100g serving. Paprika and red chili powder are also very good vitamin E foods because they provide 30mg (199% DV) per 100g serving. Almonds are one the best vitamin E foods, they can be eaten raw but also in forms of almond milk, almond butter and almond oil, and they provide 26.2mg (175% DV) of vitamin E in a 100g serving.
The next vitamin E rich food recommended to you is pine nut, eaten as component to pesto or added to a fruit salad, which provides 9.3mg (62% DV) of vitamin-E in a 100g serving. Peanuts are good vitamin E food sources as a 100g serving will provide 6.9mg (46% DV) of vitamin E. The same goes for dried herbs like basil and oregano which provide 7.38mg (50% DV) of vitamin E in a 100g serving.
You can also eat dried apricots, which are good source of fiber and provide 4.3mg (29% DV) of vitamin E per 100g serving. Pickled green olives can be eaten in pasta sauce, pizzas, salads, or alone with bread, and provide 3.81mg (25% DV) of vitamin E in a 100g serving. Cooked spinach is a great healthy food eaten in stews, lasagnas, or as a side all by itself, and also provides 3.5mg (24% DV) of vitamin E in a 100g serving. There are many other vitamin E foods that you can eat every day such as cooked taro root, raw seeds, Swiss chards, mustard green, turnip greens, kale, hazelnuts, avocado, broccoli and papaya. So, enjoy your meal!