Higher vitamin E intake tied to lower dementia risk
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Researchers found that among 5,400 Dutch adults age 55 and older, the one-third who reported the highest vitamin E intake from food were 25 percent less likely to develop dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, over the next decade than the third with the lowest intakes.
The findings, reported in the Archives of Neurology, do not prove that vitamin E itself protects the aging brain. Studies so far have come to conflicting conclusions as to whether vitamin E or other antioxidants may influence older adults' risk of dementia.
However, the new study followed participants for a longer period than most previous studies on antioxidants and dementia. And it supports findings from some previous research that dietary vitamin E, in particular, might be related to a lower risk of dementia.
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Ohio Fanaticsubscriberbefore people with family history of dementia start taking a bunch of vitamin E, just keep in mind that this is a lipid-soluble vitamin. Unlike Vitamin-C, which if you were Linus Pauling you could take several thousand milligrams a day and still be okay because you just pee out much of the excess, Vitamin-E can store up in your tissues and cause some health problems. Some studies suggests it will screw around with your cholesterol levels and can actually counteract the positive effects of cholesterol lowering drugs like the statins.
Bottom line - Vitamin E is very good for you, but larger doses probably only beneficial in short-term, not long term.
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