American scientists from the University of Oregon reported that the deficiency of vitamin E can cause damage to brain cells.
Diet rich in vitamin E, helps maintain the health and normal brain function, while a deficiency of this vitamin may cause damage to brain cells, according to U.S. scientists from the University of Oregon.
A lack of vitamin E leads to violation supply of the brain the specific nutrients that destroys the “building blocks” necessary for the maintenance of healthy neurons.
Vitamin E most often enters the human body with edible oils such as olive oil, but high levels of vitamin E are also found in almonds, sunflower seeds and avocado.
“Our study showed that vitamin E necessary to prevent the loss of vital molecules in the brain, docosahexaenoic acid, and also helps to explain why vitamin E is essential for brain health,” said the study’s lead author Maret Traber.
In the course of studying zebrafish it was found that a diet deficient in vitamin E on lifetime reduced by 30% the levels of docosahexaenoic acid containing phosphatidylcholines (DHA-PC), which is part of the cell membrane each neuron of the brain.
Deficiency of vitamin E, which was observed in zebrafish in this experiment, the equivalent nutrition of people with low levels of vitamin E throughout life.
In the course of other recent studies have found that low levels of DHA-PC in human blood plasma are biomarkers that can predict high risk of development of Alzheimer’s disease.
