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Vitamin E is Safe.
Expert Quotes About Vitamin E and the Johns Hopkins Meta-Analysis


"I recommend vitamin E to my patients, and I will continue to do so."

Mary Hardy, MD
Associate Director, Botanical Research Center
Center for Human Nutrition, UCLA


"Vitamin E is needed to sustain life and advance health. Many well-designed trials have proven that vitamin E reduces risk for heart disease, cancer, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and even the common cold. The recent Johns Hopkins article was not a clinical trial. A group of researchers sat down and analyzed results from 19 prior studies on vitamin E and drew their own conclusions."

Suzy Cohen, RPh
Pharmacist, Syndicated Columnist
http://www.dearpharmacist.com


"This study inappropriately created confusion and fear based on data where there was not scientific concensus. Consumers shouldn't be frightened off from vitamin E in recommended doses by this one study. Many people do not get enough vitamin E in their diet and for those individuals it's absolutely critical that they get vitamin E through a supplement."

Susan Finn, RD
Former President, American Dietetic Association


"The press was over-the-top on the reporting of the results from this one limited study versus the vast and well-established clinical science that exists on the safety and benefits of vitamin E."

Kevin Maki, PhD
President, Provident Clinical Research


"It was a backward-looking analysis that combined numerous trials with different types of patients, including many who already had chronic ailments such as heart disease."

Eric Klein, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Urological Institute


"…they also selected not to employ a vast number of studies that show no harm from vitamin E and a great deal of benefit."

Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD
Associate Director
Tufts University
Human Nutrition Research on Aging



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