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Vitamin E in the Headlines

• Vitamin E for Heart Health
• Major Study Finds Good News About Vitamin E and C's Cardiovascular Benefits
• Major Women's Study Found Vitamin E Reduced Cardiovascular Deaths 49%
• Vitamin E Dramatically Reduced Heart Attacks by 77%
• Vitamin E Helps Protect Against Heart Disease
• Feature Article: A Natural Deterrent to Heart Disease
• Vitamin E: Early Research
• Vitamin E and Heart Disease Research
• Choosing a Vitamin E Supplement
• How Much Vitamin E Do We Need?
• More HEART HEALTH BENEFITS
• Vitamin E, Type 2 Diabetes and Reduced Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke and Cardiovascular Death
• Vitamins E & C Help Lower Risk for Children with Family History of Heart Disease
• Brain Health
• Vitamin E and C Users have Reduced Risk of Alzheimers Disease
• Vitamin E Helps Slow Progression of Alzheimer Disease
• Health Benefits
• How To Recognize Natural Vitamin E
• Colds Reduced By Vitamin E
• Does Vitamin E and/or Selenium Protect Against Prostate Cancer?
• Vitamin E Supplementation Relieves Pain in Osteoarthritis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Exhibit Low Vitamin E Levels
• Vitamin E Fights Hearing Loss
• Vitamin E - Relief for Painful Menstruation
• Breast Lumps Disappeared
• Complete and Moderate Regression of Cystic Breast Disease Resulting from Vitamin E Supplementation
• Vitamin E & C Protected Against Pre-Eclampsia in Pregnancy
• Substantial Reduction of PMS Symptoms Enjoyed by Women Taking Vitamin E
• Vitamin E May Slow Parkinson's Disease Progression
• Seizure Control
• Vitamin E Treatment Improves Seizure Control and Reduces Seizure Frequency, Duration, Damage and Intensity
• Vitamins E and C May Reduce Kidney Cancer Risk
• Vitamin E to Help Oxidative Stress in People with Unhealthy Blood Cholesteral Levels
• Huge Study Found Vitamin E Reduced Risk of Blood Clots from 21 to 49 percent!
• 20% Reduction in Breast Cancer Risk Associated with Vitamin E Supplementation
• Vitamin E Deficiency in Pregnancy Linked to Asthma in Children
• Vitamin E May Reduce The Risk of Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)
• Vitamins E and C Block Gene Involved in Prostate Cancer

Heart Health Benefits

An example from issue 10, Vitamin E in the Headlines

Vitamins E & C Help Lower Risk for Children with Family History of Heart Disease

Researchers who studied high-risk children with a family history of heart disease determined they could benefit from a daily dose of vitamins E and C. These two powerful antioxidants helped slow atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) in the children. The children were predisposed to having high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol, which can increase the risk of heart attacks early in life.

15 children and young adults between the ages of 9 and 20 with hyperlipidemia, (an excess of fats or lipids in the blood) were put on the National Cholesterol Education Program Step II diet for six months. Six weeks into the diet, they were randomly assigned to receive 500 mg of vitamin C and 400 IU of vitamin E or placebos.

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