Pathogenesis of vitamin E deficiency:
1. When vitamin E is deficient, male testicles atrophy and do not produce sperm, female embryos and placenta atrophy cause miscarriage, hinder the pituitary gland to regulate ovarian secretion of estrogen, and induce menopausal syndrome and premature ovarian failure.
2. When vitamin E is lacking: free radicals produced during human metabolism can not only cause lipid peroxidation of biological membranes, destroy the structure and function of cell membranes, and form lipofuscin; but also denature proteins, inactivate enzymes and hormones, and immune Decreased strength and abnormal metabolism can promote the body's aging or hemolysis.
Food source
Foods rich in vitamin E include: squeezed vegetable oils (see below for specific types), fruits and vegetables, nuts, lean meat, milk, eggs, citrus peels, etc. Fruits and vegetables include kiwi, spinach, cabbage, cabbage, kale, lettuce, sweet potato, and yam. Nuts include almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts.
Squeezed vegetable oils include sunflower seeds, sesame, corn, olives, peanuts, camellia, etc. In addition, safflower, soybean, cottonseed, wheat germ, and cod liver oil all have a certain content of vitamin E. The most abundant is wheat germ. Initially, most natural vitamin E is extracted from wheat germ oil, usually from rape oil and soybean oil.