Can Tocotrienols Protect The Brain?

In a paper published in the journal Stroke in 2014, a team of Malaysian researchers together with some of their colleagues from the UK raised the exciting possibility of tocotrienols, a form of vitamin E found in palm oil among others, being able to weaken the progression of white matter lesions in the brain.

White Matter Lesion… What Does That Mean?

Well, let’s first look at what white matter is. This is the tissue found in the deep part of the brain, which are bundles of connecting fibres which connect nerve cell bodies in the brain to each other and to other parts much further away like the spinal cord and other parts of the body. The white matter carries interconnecting nerve impulses and electrical signals and is therefore closely associated with the ability to reason, make decisions, learn, store memories and balance.