Vitamin E deficiency description:
Recommended dietary allowance for vitamin is 3 mg a day for infanta, 8 mg a day for adult women and 10 mg a day for adult men. Since the amount of vitamin E necessary for healthy life is very small and the vitamin is common in foods vitamin E deficiency is not very common. As vitamin E is responsible for preventing the deterioration of body tissues with developing vitamin E deficiency, when the human body gets less antioxidants, the tissues deteriorate gradually.
As the human digestive tracts needs fat for vitamin E to be absorbed people suffering from fat-malabsorption disorders are very likely to suffer also from vitamin E deficiency. Also, premature infants, who are likely no to have high tissue levels of the vitamin E, are at risk of having vitamin E deficiency.
Vitamin E deficiency may result in impaired coordination and balance, muscle weakness, damage to the retina of the eyes as well as injury to sensory nerves.
See also: Vitamin E overview, Vitamin E deficiency causes and symptoms, Vitamin E deficiency diagnosis, Vitamin E deficiency treatment, Vitamin E deficiency prevention