While teasing one another that we’ve lost our mind may be funny, the literal experience of losing your mind to dementia is not likely as entertaining. However, the rates continue to increase at a startling rate and no hope is in sight for a cure. Some pharmaceutical companies have even given up the fight to […]
Clearly, one of the scariest cancers we have is pancreatic cancer. Not only because of its dismal 5 year survival rate and how difficult it can be to detect, but also because of how common it seems. All this in combination makes pancreatic cancer a death sentence. I’m sure you know at least one person […]
gamma-Tocopherol, the major form of vit E in the US diet This is a nice wake up call for many people out there. When we speak of vit E, we frequently only mention one substance in the class of tocopherols. There are actually many types of tocopherols found in nature that have a variety of […]
Dietary Antioxidants Do Not Reduce Carotid Atherosclerosis Risk When I first read this title I was a little surprised. Strangely enough, when I went to the original journal article, the findings show that antioxidants do protect against atherosclerosis, namely dietary Vit E and lycopene. The effect was not great, but these nutrients are only one […]
tocopherol, neuronal degeneration and chronic oxidative stress The idea of Vit E being neuroprotective has come up many times in the past, with particular attention to delaying progression in Parkinson’s disease. This mouse study adds further weight to the idea of Vit E as a neuroprotective agent. Remember also that Vit E is alpha tocopherol, […]
