"Ignoramus24806" wrote in message
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=7910550

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Daily vitamin E supplements do not prevent cancer,
strokes or heart attacks in older people with vascular disease or
diabetes, and may increase their risk of heart failure, a study said
on Tuesday.

Snip good infor for brevity
In an editorial commenting on the Canadian study and appearing in the
same journal on Tuesday, experts at the University of Washington said
the study "effectively closes the door on the prospect of a major
protective effect of long-term exposure to this supplement, taken in
moderately high dosage, against complications of atherosclerosis and
overall cancer incidence."

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Haven't seen this study yet, so take this with a grain of salt--I'll try to
get to it this weekend. Most every study I have seen involved the
application of alpha tocopherol (actually d-L alpha what is commonly called
vitamin E).
Real vitamin E is a mixture of alpha, beta, and gamma tocopherols (actually
8 different isomers in all).
When given 10X the recommended dose of a single isomer it displaces the
others and can lead to some problems. This is being recognized and
corrected by some researchers, but the advance is slow.
See here http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/ss03/vitamine.html
for example.
As usual it is best to get you vitamins naturally, but if you must
supplement (especially with lipid soluble vitamins), keep the dose low and
for vitamin E, look for complete tocopherols. The vitamin industry with
MEGA doses is doing us no favor-IMHO. The Greeks had it right soooo long
ago. Everything is moderation.


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