11.10.04

Vitamin E

Posted in health at 8:59 pm by James

Check out this article at newscientist.com about vitamin E. They did some study on patients with chronic health problems. They found out that Vitamin E increased the risk of dying in 5yrs by 5%. Well they say it might be b/c these people were not in the best of conditions. Perhaps because Vitamin E is an anti-coagulant, which might contribute to strokes. Of particular interest in the article is this:

Or, say the researchers, vitamin E could become a “turncoat” free radical at high doses, damaging the very proteins and fats it usually protects.

I think this comment refers to test tubes though. They arent sure if the body neutralizes these free radicals.

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