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| The Many Benefits of Vitamin E—an Essential Nutrient |
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 Improves Immune Function
A Boston study of 88 healthy people 65 years of age or older, found vitamin E supplementation to improve some measures of immune function. Researchers at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging indicated that the best responses were observed in people given 200 mg of vitamin E per day. Read more... |
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Improves Brain Function
A randomized, double-blind, multicenter study involving 341 patients revealed that treatment with vitamin E or with selegiline delayed progression of the Alzheimer's, including "delays in the deterioration of the performance of activities of daily living and the need for care." During the two-year study, patients received a monoamine oxidase inhibitor called selegiline, 2000 IU per day of vitamin E, both treatments, or a placebo. Read more... |
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Protects Heart Health
In the Nurses’ Health Study, involving more than 87,000 women, Dr. Meir Stampfer and colleagues at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health reported a 41 percent reduction in risk of heart disease among nurses who had taken vitamin E for more than two years. Read more... |
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Protects Eyes and Lungs
The National Eye Institute supported a Longitudinal Study of Cataract involving 764 participants whose eyes were examined yearly over a period of about five years. The average age of the subjects was 65. Participants who were regular users of multivitamin supplements or vitamin E supplements were less likely to have an increase in lens opacity during the study period. Read more... |
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Protects Against Some Cancers
In the Health Professionals Followup Study, men who had higher dietary vitamin E intake or who used vitamin E supplements had a lower risk of bladder cancer over a 12-year period, and "taking vitamin E supplements for 10 or more years decreased risk by more than 30 percent." Read more... |
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Beneficial for Serious Athletes, and You, Too
Researchers at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University recently published study results indicating that vitamin C and E supplementation for six weeks prior to racing completely prevented the increase in lipid oxidation typical in ultramarathon runners. Read more... |
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Previously, I’d seen some confusing news in the paper about vitamin E. What was that all about? Find out... |
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