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Peg · 16-11-2006, 08:51 PM

Yes, it is very important to the healing of muscle tissue and prevention of scarring. It also combats free radicals. We do not receive enough of the vitamin in our diets naturally.

Minimum amount to take is 400IU for average size person with healthy diet and healthy tissue.
It is fat soluble but with the stress we place on our bodies, toxicity is unlikely.
If you worry about toxicity then skip taking it for one day of the week.

The medical profession according to Mayo Clinic will say that there is inconclusive evidence.

I can only go by my own body and the advice of a nutritionist that I highly respect who recommends using vitamin E.

I will say as the nutritionist did. It is not a magic pill. It is necessary to have all nutrients needed for the body to heal INCLUDING vitamin E for the body to heal properly.
The body works on a priority system. Those tissues and systems and processes that are important to life function take priority so the vitamin E will be used for those processes first. If there is any left over then it will be used for reducing scarring. It behooves us then to have the most optimum diet containing complete proteins and all micronutrients needed for the body to repair damaged tissue.

Vitamin E is a great antioxidant.
More on Vitamin E
One fact sheet on Vitamin E

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Peg Getting HUGE! Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,468	Yes, it is very important to the healing of muscle tissue and prevention of scarring. It also combats free radicals. We do not receive enough of the vitamin in our diets naturally. Minimum amount to take is 400IU for average size person with healthy diet and healthy tissue. It is fat soluble but with the stress we place on our bodies, toxicity is unlikely. If you worry about toxicity then skip taking it for one day of the week. The medical profession according to Mayo Clinic will say that there is inconclusive evidence. I can only go by my own body and the advice of a nutritionist that I highly respect who recommends using vitamin E. I will say as the nutritionist did. It is not a magic pill. It is necessary to have all nutrients needed for the body to heal INCLUDING vitamin E for the body to heal properly. The body works on a priority system. Those tissues and systems and processes that are important to life function take priority so the vitamin E will be used for those processes first. If there is any left over then it will be used for reducing scarring. It behooves us then to have the most optimum diet containing complete proteins and all micronutrients needed for the body to repair damaged tissue. Vitamin E is a great antioxidant. More on Vitamin E One fact sheet on Vitamin E __________________ "21st century man is not conquered by guns, nor by oppression, but by seduction." "Pride to the human heart is like lard to the pig." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn "The best punch is the one that is both first, last, and ends the fight." Last edited by Peg; 16-11-2006 at 09:07 PM.