Vitamin E is a whole group of tocopherol substances that are extremely useful to the human body. Tocopherols are antioxidants, protect against harmful oxidative processes and prolong youth. Vitamin E is involved in fat, protein and carbohydrate metabolism, facilitates the implantation of a fertilized egg into the uterine wall, improves sexual function in men, has an anti-inflammatory effect, and is also responsible for the enzymatic function of the stomach.
It would be possible to list still a lot of useful properties of vitamin E, but the conclusion is so obvious - there is a need for it more. However, as Merlin said in the film about King Arthur - "This was your first mistake." And the mistake lies in the fact that there are many good things, and with an overdose of vitamin E, we are no longer up to its positive qualities.
Symptoms
The body begins to show signs of an overdose of vitamin E in the classical hypervitaminosis regimen. First, nausea, upset stomach, diarrhea, headaches, flatulence, apathy. Then more serious things appear.
If you have an excess of vitamin E, there is also a deficit of potassium, it is very likely that you will begin profuse bleeding from the nose.
Also, you will double in the eyes, the clarity and focus of vision will be broken, weakness and dizziness will appear. If you notice, vitamin E has a beneficial effect on sexual function. However, its excess completely inhibits sexual desire. In addition, if you have diabetes , an increased dose of vitamin E will lower the body's need for insulin, which means you need to be especially careful about the level of sugar.
One of the most serious symptoms of excess vitamin E is the occurrence of thrombophlebitis and subsequent thromboembolism, as well as colitis, hepatomegaly, retinal haemorrhage, renal failure, sepsis and other serious diseases.
And now, you can calm down. According to statistics, exceeding the dose of vitamin E by 10 to 20 times did not give special, over-dangerous symptoms and was expressed, as a last resort, by a disorder of the stomach. Only a long and weighty reception of tocopherol can lead to the above consequences. In addition, by consuming vitamin E from food, you will not be able to bring yourself to a cardinal vitamin E overdose and the appearance of symptoms, but a synthetic drug, of course, is not difficult to break a whole pack for a month in advance.
That is why it is necessary to give preference to natural sources of tocopherol, in which there is no shortage in nature.