VITAMIN E AND THE DAMAGING EFFECT OF FREE RADICALS

Vitamin E has many uses in the body to stay healthy. It is one of the groups of fat-soluble compound. Its chemical compound has anti-oxidant property responsible for the protection of damaging free radicals when the immune system failed to give their over-all support.  

Vitamin E was composed of many chemical forms like delta tocopherol, beta, gamma and alpha, delta tocopherol and beta gamma. Each one of them has specific biological activity in the body.

The presence of free radicals is the effect of polluted environment (air pollution) from industrial fumes, vehicle smoke emission, cigarette smoke and other toxic chemicals in the manufacture of industrial products and consumer goods. The ultraviolet radiation of the sun invites free radicals to damage the human cells.

Vitamin E gives human cells enough protection against harmful effect of free radicals. Once the cells are damaged, many major diseases appear. It was found that it causes terminal cancers and cardiovascular diseases.

Vitamin E stops the production of reactive oxygen species especially if the fat goes into oxidative process. With vitamin E, it assists prevention of chronic diseases. Once the immune system is affected, the entire body system is vulnerable and under the mercy of free radicals. To remove it from the body if it is already penetrated deep in the cells is quite impossible.

Its anti-inflammatory agents inhibit platelet aggregation. It enhance the immune system to defend from the attack to the cells and keep it healthy. With regulr intake of vitamin E (fruits, vegetables, nuts and other dietary foods including supplements prevents or delay coronary heart and cardiovascular diseases. It prevents oxidation of low-density lipo-protein (LDL) cholesterol. 

Elevation of cholesterol level may create plaque to block the coronary passes of the blood in arteries, capillaries and veins.

Vitamin E has major role in the prevention of the formation of blood clots where many incidents of heart attack occurred. With regular intake, it lowers the risk of heart disease. With better eye vision, vitamin E found to be helpful in the treatment of macular degeneration due to old age. It antagonize vitamin K-dependent clotting factors.

It controls breakdown of body tissues. It protects essential fatty acids including vitamin A from oxidation in the cells of the body. It assists in the production of red blood cells.

Best sources of vitamin E are soybean oil, broccoli, spinach, olive oil, corn oil, hazelnut, peanut butter, dry roasted peanuts, raw tomato, mango, almond, sunflower seeds and oil, wheat germ oil. Other sources are liver, nuts, eggs, mayonnaise, vegetable oils, dark-green leafy vegetables, sweet potatoes, avocado, yams and asparagus.

Health conditions will occur if there is Vitamin E deficiency:

It cause muscle weakness and tiredness. There is loss of muscle mass. It has abnormal eye movement, vision problem and other eye defects. It leads to liver and kidney disease. There will be premature infant lacking full development at the early stage of his life. It is difficult for the liver to secrete bile into the digestive tract. Normal transmission of nerve impulses is hampered and slower in its action. Too much deficiency causes cystic fibrosis, a major health disease.

This is how important Vitamin E for is to the general wellness of the body. Take it and you will be in the arms of better health.

Health condition has its own remedy to relieve, lessen or prevent the impact of the disease. All vitamins and minerals have the ability to prevent whatever deficiency the body is lacking.  

Vitamin E is one of most important vitamins to prevent the deterioration of cell growth caused by the damaging free radicals. As the human cell dies, the immune system can no longer protect the human body against infections. The formation of terminal disease is the result of lack of necessary prevention.  The use of vitamin E gives promise to prevent free radicals to take total control of the body.

IODINE BOOSTS LEVEL OF THYROID HORMONES

Unhealthy thyroid gland brings many diseases. It is important to have balance and normal level of iodine. Iodine is chemical element taken from other source because the body can’t make its own. The best source of iodine can be found in seaweeds. Plant and animal-based foods has little to offer when it comes to iodine concentration not enough the body requires. It has important job in the development of central nervous system.

Thyroid gland is responsible for the manufacture of hormones. To be able to make hormones, iodine is the one that carry-out its delicate function. Any iodine deficiency put too much pressure to the thyroid glands. The feedback system in the body pushes the thyroid gland to work harder to be able to restore its normalcy. Swollen neck is the product of iodine deficiency.

Little sources of iodine can be found in banana, green peas, apple juice, lima beans, raisin bran, cheese, prunes, cream-style corn, tuna canned in oil, shrimp, ice cream, macaroni, eggs, fruit cocktail, white bread, milk, iodized salts, yogurt, cod, dairy products and grain products.

Iodine prevents goiter. It has promise in the treatment of fibrocystic breast cancer, diabetes, diseases of the eyes, heart attack and stroke due to hypertension.

Hospital and emergency unit are using iodine to protect the thyroid glands from the effect of radioactive iodides during radiation therapy.

Iodine has potent effect to the skin to kill the germs, reduce the soreness in the moth as side effect of chemotherapy especially cancerous disease.

Iodine is important to purify water to make safe and potable. It is best in the treatment of ulcers arising from diabetes. Iodine has the ability to kill fungus, bacteria and amoeba. Victims of radioactive disaster can be remedied by taking potassium iodide to handle the effect of radioactive materials. It was used as expectorant to prevent cough due to flu.

The side effects of taking iodine overdose are diarrhea, headache, stomach pain, nausea, runny nose, swelling of the lips and face. There is severe bleeding and bruising of the skin. There is severe fever (high body temperature). There is enlargement of lymph nodes.

 It causes allergy and other allergic reactions. There is soreness of gum and teeth due to infection. It brings burning sensation in the mouth and throat. It increases the production of saliva. There is inflammation of the throat. Direct application of iodine causes irritation and skin burn. It worsens thyroid disorders like goiter and thyroid tumor. It worsens the condition of skin rashes.

Goiter can be remedied by the use of iodized salt.

Iodine deficiency results to the following:

Low level of thyroid hormones affects the ovulation period of women that later on may cause infertility. It causes immune disease of the thyroid. It gives high chances of thyroid cancer and other terminal cancers (prostate, breast, ovarian and endometrial).

It causes high blood pressure during mother’s pregnancy period. It causes mental retardation of unborn child. It severely affects the physical and mental growth of children in their stunted development.

Iodine is vital to the proper functioning of thyroid glands. Thyroid gland is responsible in the manufacture of thyroid hormones as assurance that the thyroid gland is in normal condition. Any slip, it may be deficient in concentration or over the required numbers may cause adverse reaction that will results to many diseases the body can no longer handle and give enough protection.  

 Regular intake of iodine can correct the deficiency and restore the level of hormonal imbalance.

BLOOD DISEASE

Leukemia is about defective blood composition. Quite large numbers of people were affected by the so-called blood disease. Even children and young adults are also prone to get the disease. It is a dangerous kind of disease and most of them did not survive.

Blood is made up of red blood cells. Its responsibility is to carry oxygen for distribution to every segments of the body especially the body organs to be able to function will. The role of white blood cells is to fight all types of infection it may be viral or bacterial.

 The function of the platelet is to avoid the formation of blood clots. They are suspended in a fluid known as plasma. Bone marrow manufactured blood cells. It is a spongy tissue in the center of the bones. The production of blood cells is made in an orderly fashion and in controlled way.

Leukemia occurred when the body is producing larger number of abnormal white blood cells. They are immature and not fully develop. It functioned abnormally kept on living instead of dying off as the cells are normally designed to do.

When abnormal blood cells started to build up and accumulates in high proportion, it interfere the production of normal cells in the bone marrow.

Leukemia was found to have genetic mutation origin in one or more bone marrow cells. This mutation was not developed during the birth of the child. There should be a balance of its normal requirements. If there are few red blood cells produced, it can cause anemia. 

The person has pale face and devoid of energy easily got tired. If the production of white blood cells is low, the body can’t fight off infections from the many foreign materials that entered into the body system. Bleeding will appear if there is lack of normal platelets to control blood clotting.

Leukemia are of many types with different behavioral characteristics. Lymphatic leukemia is if lymphocytes are affected.  If the myeloid cells are damage it causes myelogenous leukemia.

The degree of infection will determine the condition of the victim. If leukemia cells rapidly and abnormally multiply, the condition will develop in matter of weeks or few months. It was now called acute leukemia.

The abnormal replication of blood cells as it slowly accumulates in larger proportion slowly becomes chronic leukemia. The degree of development is gradual and not yet a life-threatening position. But if it left uncheck and untreated it will become an acute kind of leukemia.

Getting leukemia has its signs and symptoms. There is persistent weakness and chronic fatigue. While under physical activity, it causes shortness of breath or hard labor breathing. The lymph nodes in different parts of the body or selected location started to swell. There is enlargement of the spleen or liver. The skin can easily bruise even in slight pressure. Any minor cuts will result to prolonged bleeding or the cuts slowly heal.

Nosebleeds are common. There is swelling of gum or bleeding due to chronic infection. It has frequent infection to affected area in the body. There is tremendous weight reduction. An excessive sweating was visible. If it get serious, there is fever to occur.

Sometimes the victim of leukemia failed to notice his disease due the absence of concrete signs and symptoms. Chronic leukemia has no symptom felt even it already slowly started developing. It went unnoticed even for many years had passed. The time it was known, it was already on advanced stage. Even if there is accompanying fever, it was believed to be ordinary flu but it was not.

To validate suspicion, blood test or bone marrow test is taken. It is to determine what’s happening inside the body. Generally, leukemia can’t be prevented to form. Any age groups can have this deadly disease especially adults over the age of 60 years.

 Its genetic mutation increases to dangerous level if the victim is exposed to environmental hazards like exposure to high radiation, smoking habits, exposure to benzene in unleaded gasoline.

Leukemia can genetically be inherited. The genetic disorder increases risk of Down syndrome. It is also high those undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy due to cancer development.

There is complex procedure in treating leukemia. The doctor has to observe his general condition, his age to handle long term treatment and the kind of symptom he felt. Even if leukemia is considered treated, there is threat of remission and the complete healing is affected. Remission can be expected at any given time if the function of bone marrow will not return to normal. Its treatment is a lengthy process without any hope of complete cure.

Although there are many effective medical procedures to treat leukemia but it is costly and good only to those that can afford.