One thing most “healthy” people overlook is free radicals.

These are essentially invisible sparks of damage happening in your cells every day.

These sparks ricochet around your body, damaging DNA, proteins, and cell membranes.

And while sugar and toxins fuel the fire, the only thing standing between you and cellular breakdown are your antioxidants.

One of the most powerful—and overlooked—is vitamin E.

The Many Faces of Vitamin E

Protects against oxidative stress.

Vitamin E “scavenges” free radicals before they can damage your cell membranes and nucleic acids.

This helps lower the risk of cancers and chronic diseases tied to oxidative stress.

Supports immunity.

Vitamin E regulates T-cell function, the branch of your immune system responsible for identifying and destroying invaders.

In fact, immune cells are some of the richest reservoirs of vitamin E in the body.

Protects the heart.

Research suggests vitamin E helps prevent LDL cholesterol from oxidizing — and it’s oxidized LDL, not LDL itself, that drives arterial plaque.

Vitamin E also keeps blood flowing freely by reducing platelet aggregation, a natural “blood thinning” effect.

Keeps eyes and brain sharp.

Higher vitamin E intake is linked to lower rates of cataracts, macular degeneration, and cognitive decline.

By reducing oxidative stress in neuronal and retinal tissue, vitamin E may delay aging in some of the body’s most vulnerable organs.

Where to Get It

Funny enough, many seed oils are rich in vitamin E.

But here’s the catch:

Seed oils are loaded with inflammatory omega-6 fats and produced in ways that generate free radicals.

Getting your antioxidants from a pro-oxidant food doesn’t make much sense.

Instead, look at other fatty foods like:

• Salmon roe

• Nuts that you can tolerate (almonds, hazelnuts)

• Pastured eggs

The better path is whole, single-ingredient foods—where vitamin E comes packaged with fats and cofactors your body actually knows how to use.

Don’t get it from a pill, or supplement—many are inflammatory. Get it from food.

Until next time,

Kashif Khan

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