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Vitamin E and Lung Function
Your body has powerful recuperative abilities. Cut your finger and your body zips the edges together, break a leg and your intuitive healing system kicks in to play knitting the bones together. We don’t have to think about healing; your body takes care of it. In order to run all these amazing functions specific nutrients are required: proteins as building blocks for cellular repair, minerals for rebuilding, and vitamins and antioxidants for protection. When there are adequate quantities of these nutrients healing takes place quickly and efficiently. Unfortunately, the opposite is also true. Deficiencies of vital healing nutrients means the body doesn’t heal or function as well as it should. COPD, is also known as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. It is the fourth leading cause Vitamin E is one nutrient that acts in multiple roles. Most of you know it as a powerful antioxidant. But it also plays double duty in cellular respiration of all muscles. In other words, it allows the muscles and nerves to function with less oxygen. This is valuable information for those dealing with lowered lung function. Vitamin E is found in whole grains and seeds but during processing up to 85% is lost. Deficiencies in vitamin E are not uncommon. Found in the oily portion of whole grains and seeds it is destroyed during the milling process by up to 85%. Most of the whole grain products people consume today have little or no vitamin E left, leading to the need for supplementation. |