GENE STUDY SUGGESTS VITAMIN E HELPS BLOCKS ALZHEIMER
The nutritional products division of the company announced that through the use of nutrigenomics, scientists have identified a number of genes associating vitamin E with protection against Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a growing public health concern as the number of people suffering from it is increasing rapidly. Estimates suggest that around 4.5 million people […]
SMOKERS NEED MORE VITAMIN E
It has been known for some time that cigarette smoking reduces blood levels of vitamin C, and it also appears to sap folate levels, but the data were less clear on vitamin E. Scientists at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University have found that among people with similar diets, blood plasma levels of […]
VITAMIN E FOUND TO REDUCE PERIOD PAIN
A team from Tarbait Modarres University in Iran studied just under 280 teenage girls with primary dysmenorrhoea, a condition that affects around 40 per cent of women. About 10 per cent of women experience pain that is severe enough to disrupt their daily activities. The Iranian girls, aged between 15-17, took 200 IU of vitamin […]
