Patient's question:
Doctor, hello. Recently, I've been feeling a bit unwell, always feeling off. I want to take some vitamin C and vitamin E, but I don't know how to take them, what time to take them, or how to combine them. I don't know the answers to these questions.Doctor's answer:
Also known as the antisterility vitamin. A type of fat-soluble vitamin composed of tocopherols. There are eight naturally occurring forms. The one generally referred to is α-tocopherol. In 1938, Karrer and others successfully synthesized α-tocopherol artificially. In nature, vitamin E is widely distributed in animal and vegetable oils, egg yolks, milk, fruits, lettuce leaves, and other foods, with higher concentrations in wheat germ oil, corn oil, peanut oil, and cottonseed oil. Vitamin E is a pale yellow, odorless, and tasteless oily substance that is insoluble in water but soluble in oils; it is heat-resistant, acid-resistant, and alkali-resistant, but is easily oxidized and can act as an antioxidant. Animals cannot synthesize vitamin E internally, and the vitamin E they require is obtained from food. The mechanism of action of vitamin E is not yet fully understood, but it is closely related to sexual function. For example, vitamin E deficiency in female mice can lead to miscarriage, while in male mice, it can cause testicular atrophy and reduced sperm motility. However, no cases of infertility in humans due to vitamin E deficiency have been observed. Vitamin E is primarily used to prevent and treat infertility and habitual abortion. As an anti-aging agent, vitamin E has a certain effect in slowing down the aging process. As an antioxidant, adding a small amount of vitamin E to concentrated fish liver oil can protect the vitamin A in the oil from oxidation and degradation, thereby extending the storage period of vitamin A.