Vitamin E could help ease the pain of menstrual cramps, recent study findings suggest.
High levels of hormone-like substances called prostaglandins have been implicated in dysmenorrhea, or painful menstruation.
Because vitamin E can help block prostaglandin formation, researchers decided to test the vitamin as a treatment for dysmenorrhea.
The researchers studied 100 high school students aged 16 to 18 who reported experiencing mild, moderate or severe pain during menstruation. Half of the students took five vitamin E tablets per day for 2 days before and 3 days after they began menstruating, while the other half, the comparison group, took five inactive placebo tablets.
At the 2-month follow-up, individuals in both the vitamin E group and the comparison group reported experiencing less menstrual pain than they did at the start of the study. Students in the vitamin E group, however, reported slightly less pain than those in the comparison group.
British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2001;108:1181-1183
Vitamin E is probably one vitamin that nearly everyone would benefit from taking. The only situation I know where it will make a chronic disease worse is in certain brain damaged children, like some types of autism, when accumulations of long chain fats requires oxidation to remove them which will be impaired by vitamin E.
This is an uncommon problem so, for the most part, all of us would benefit from taking vitamin E. An exceptional product that you should seriously consider is Living Fuel Omega 3 & E, which contains BOTH:
Pure, high quality fish oil. Fish oil is one of the few dietary supplements I urge everyone to take, as almost everyone is severely lacking in the essential omega-3 found in fish oil
You can read more about Living Fuel Omega 3 & E containing omega-3 and the full-specture vitamin E here.
I have taken vitamin E for over 30 years and feel it is reasonable to take it. However, do pay careful attention and use a high-quality source like the one noted above.
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