Monday, January 10, 2011

Cut your cancer risk. Vitamin E info

Getting enough vitamin E from almonds, sunflower seeds, mustard greens, spinach, peppers and cooking oils may reduce the risk of bladder cancer by about 35% says a new study published in the medical journal Cancer Causes Control. Women should get 15 mg per day of vitamin E.

Here is a list:

Foods Containing Vitamin E

FoodServing SizeVitamin E(micrograms)Percent of RDA
Almond oil1 tablespoon5.335.3
Almonds, dried1 ounce6.7244.8
Apple with skin1 medium0.815.4
Asparagus, frozen4 spears1.157.6
Avocado, raw1 medium2.3215.4
Corn oil1 tablespoon1.912.6
Corn oil (Mazola)1 tablespoon35
Cottonseed oil1 tablespoon4.832
Egg, whole, fresh1 large0.885.8
Hazelnuts, dried1 ounce6.744.6
Macaroni pasta, enriched1 cup1.036.8
Mango, raw1 medium2.3215.4
Margarine (Mazola)1 tablespoon853.3
Margarine (Parkay, diet)1 tablespoon0.42.6
Mayonnaise (Hellmann's)1 tablespoon1173.3
Miracle Whip (Kraft)1 tablespoon0.53.3
Olive oil1 tablespoon1.610.6
Palm oil1 tablespoon2.617.3
Peanut butter (Skippy)1 tablespoon35
Peanut oil1 tablespoon1.610.6
Peanuts, dried1 ounce2.5617
Pistachio nuts, dried1 ounce1.469.7
Safflower oil1 tablespoon4.630.6
Soybean oil1 tablespoon1.510
Spaghetti pasta, enriched1 cup1.036.8
Spinach, raw1/2 cup0.533.5
Sunflower oil1 tablespoon6.140.6
Sweet potato1 medium5.9339.5
Tomato juice6 fluid ounces0.42.6
Tomato, red, raw1 tomato0.422.8
Turnip greens, raw1/2 cup chopped0.634.2
Vegetable-oil spray2.5 second spray0.513.4
Walnuts, English1 ounce0.734.8
Wheat-germ oil1 tablespoon20.3135.3

(Foods Containing Vitamin E Source: USDA, Nutrient Database Release 17, 2004.)

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