Living is risky for anyone; it is particularly risky for diabetics. The process of generating power into our cells, that in the end keeps us alive, is called oxidation. Now, let's cross to the dark side... Free radicals. Free radicals are unstable molecules that need to complete themselves... So to bring this about they grab electrons from neighboring molecules, therefore damaging and destabilizing them. This causes a "chain reaction" of cellular destruction and is called oxidative damage.
Oxidative damage is view to be the considerable cause of many degenerative diseases, including the aging process. High blood sugar levels accelerate the yield of free radicals... This places diabetics, type 1 and type 2, at increased risk.
Vitamine
The use of vitamin C and E supplements by type 2 diabetics, has been a long source of controversy. A clinical trial conducted at the Bertram Diabetes study Unit and the create for Food study in Norwich, England, finds that too much of the alpha-tocopherol form of vitamin E can be harmful for type 2 diabetics. Now vitamin E is the premier antioxidant in your body's fatty tissues.
The English researchers gave type 2 diabetics capsules, providing either a placebo or 800 mg (1200 Iu) of vitamin E a day. For the first two weeks, there were no differences in the middle of the two groups. On the 29th day of the trial, however, blood tests revealed white blood cell damage in the volunteers receiving vitamin E. These are the blood cells that get stuck in the lining of arteries when they endeavor to take off cholesterol, and they form the framework for arterial plaques. The supplemental vitamin E seemed to be acting exactly the opposite of the way it was staggering to act, causing cell damage rather than preventing it.
There are eight forms of vitamin E in nature, and the test participants were given just one. In fact, because the alpha-tocopherol form of vitamin E is so much easier to measure, researchers tend to pretend that the other forms of the vitamin just don't exist. It's potential that giving too much of just one form of vitamin E overwhelmed the other forms of the vitamin E, and this led to the consequent of free radical damage rather than free radical protection.
The findings of the study, however, are clear. Too much vitamin E, like too much vitamin C, is not a good thing if you have type 2 diabetes. Try to take "natural" vitamin E supplements that at least provide gamma-tocopherol and some of the tocotrienol forms of vitamin E in expanding to alpha-tocopherol, and don't take more than 100 Iu (67 mg) a day. Best yet, get your vitamin E from eating 1 or 2 tablespoons (up 50 g) of raw nuts and seeds every day.
Can Type 2 Diabetics Get Too Much Vitamin E?
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