Vit E May Reduce Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetics I stongly recommend 800 IU of vitamin E daily to all my patients. This is such a simple and safe addition, and yet the benefit list of vitamin E keeps getting longer and longer. Circulation 2000:102:191-196 Supplemental alpha-tocopherol (AT) given to type 2 diabetic patients […]
High-Dose Vit E Reduces Serum Levels of CRP in Diabetes It is not surprising that Vit E may have the potential to lower the risk of heart disease in diabetics. What is surprising is that this study actually used levels considered therapeutic by researchers…1200 IU/day. Free Radic Biol Med 2000;8:790-792 Results of a new study […]
Dietary Intake of Antioxidants and Risk of Alzheimer Disease Gosh…what more can I add here? The concept that antioxidants can impact chronic disease is far, far from new. Here we see that intakes of Vitamins C and E lower risk of AD. I would strongly add that anyone at risk or concerned about AD evaluate the potential […]
Vit C Inhibits Endothelial Cell Apoptosis in Congestive Heart Failure In case you hadn’t already, make sure you add Vit C to the list of nutrients essential in managing cardiovascular disease. Personally I take 2,000 mg per day, but there are many instances when I recommend dosages about this. And remember that Vit E and […]
Combined Vit E and C Use and Risk of CVD Mortality This is a letter of reply to an article published in the Archives of Internal Medicine that compared Vit C, E and a combination of the two on CVD mortality and proudly announced in the conclusion that there was no benefit and there may actually be […]
