Putting limits on vitamin E

[crimson]

Vitamin-fortified foods and dietary health supplements can ease health worries. But what kinds of vitamins are right for you? And how much of them should you take, and how often? A research group from Tel Aviv University has done the most comprehensive and accurate study of clinical data on Vitamin E use and heart disease to date, and it warns that indiscriminate use of high-dose Vitamin E supplementation does more harm than good. Their results were recently reported in ATVB, a leading journal of cardiology, and discussed in the journal BioFactors.

"There were so many conflicting reports about Vitamin E and its effect on various diseases, particularly heart disease, that we wanted to set the record straight," says Prof. Dov Lichtenberg of TAU's Sackler School of Medicine.

"Our new study shows that some people may be harmed by the treatment, whereas others may benefit from it. Now we're trying to identify groups of people that are most likely to benefit from the effects of Vitamin E," adds study co-researcher Dr. Ilya Pinchuk. The TAU research team also included decision analyst Dr. Moshe Leshno of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Leon Recanati Faculty of Management and Dr. Yedidya (Didi) Dotan, whose PhD thesis is the basis for this analysis.

Source: American Friends of Tel Aviv University (http://www.aftau.org/)

[prasanth5]

Asparagus, egg, milk, nuts and almonds, spinach and other greens, vegetable oils, wheat germ are some of the food items that contain vitamin E.There is a bilief that this vitamin prevents prostate cancer.

[kageyd]

Crimson, do you ever listen to, or read, Dr. Dean Edell? He is a profoundly helpful physician who has had an ongoing national radio show for years, along with publishing quite a few books. I don't drive much any more now that I"m retired, but I used to enjoy so much listening to him as I moved around in the car. In his view the average person needs absolutely NO vitamin supplements, and he himself gave them all up years and years ago. His point is that if we have a well balanced diet - lots of vegetables including plenty of salads, whole grains, enough fish to give us some oils, some calcium-bearing foods (if you can't take milk...), enough meat (or raisins) to give us iron, etc., we'll all be just vitamin-fine.

I know some people swear by massive vitamin supplements, and it may well be that they are "right" for them, but as you point out there are downsides to taking too many vitamins as well.

[crimson]

In his view the average person needs absolutely NO vitamin supplements, and he himself gave them all up years and years ago. His point is that if we have a well balanced diet - lots of vegetables including plenty of salads, whole grains, enough fish to give us some oils, some calcium-bearing foods (if you can't take milk...), enough meat (or raisins) to give us iron, etc., we'll all be just vitamin-fine.


That's a good point there and I believe in my self that I agree with you, with having the correct diet or a balanced diet you can have all the vitamins you need. Thanks Kageyd.