login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Larger Doses of Vitamin E Helps to Prevent Cardiovascular Diseases
Oxidant injury, or oxidative stress, occurs when highly reactive molecules called free radicals attack and damage cellular proteins, lipids (fats) and DNA. Free radicals, which are byproducts of normal metabolism, are produced in excess in certain disease states, including heart disease.
Epidemiological data and animal studies have suggested that antioxidant compounds like vitamin E, vitamin C and beta-carotene might offer some protection against heart attack in individuals at risk, but earlier studies reported failure of vitamin E.
As part of the study, Jack Roberts, Jason Morrow and colleagues conducted trials to determine the optimum antioxidant dose of vitamin E using an assay they developed to measure compounds formed by oxidative stress processes, called F2-isoprostanes.
The researchers first determined how long it took for a very high dose of vitamin E – 3200 IU/day, to suppress oxidative stress in individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease.
The study found that it was necessary to give at least 1600 IU per day, which was twice than that used in some of the previous clinical trials, to cause a significant reduction in oxidative stress.
“It was clear that large doses – and doses in excess of what all clinical studies had used – were necessary,” Morrow said.
“We are not touting taking vitamin E in large doses. We are saying that, in the design of clinical trials, one needs to have good surrogate biochemical markers,” he added.
The findings of the study were published in in Free Radical Biology and Medicine.
Source-ANI
SRM/J
|
|
More News on: Calcium and Vitamin Supplements, Vitamin C / Ascorbic acid, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B9 , Vitamin B-12 , Vitamin-F, Anti-ageing and Benefits of Red Wine, Vitamin Class
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
- News Quick Links
 | News Central | | Health Watch | |
| Latest Health News | | Health In Focus | |
| News Category (500+) | | Breaking Health News | |
| Popular News | | Celebrating Life | |
| Health News and Press Release | | Medindia - Exclusive | |
| News Photo Gallery | | India Special | |
| News Video Gallery | | Lifestyle and Wellness | |
| News From Other Resources | |||
| News Categories: |
| » | Individuals' Brains 'Tick Together' If They Have Strong Emotions |
| » | Keeping Emotions in Check and Being Resilient Helps to Remain Satisfied With Life |
| » | Moral Sense Depends on Type of Activity Being Done at Particular Time |
| » | 'No Scanty Garbs' Campaign UAE Women |
| » | Asian Casinos Combat Crooks |
| More Life Style News | |
|
Diet & Nutrition Related News |
||||||||
| » | Research: Bright Colored Chips can Cut Consumption by Half | » | Olympic Athlete's Body Via the 80-10-10 Raw Vegan Diet | |||||
| » | Importance of Canned Foods To Help Tackle IOM Weight Of The Nation Recommendations, Highlights Study | » | US Rules Pomegranate Juice Claims Deceptive | |||||
| » | Reducing Entrée Size Could Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Children | » | Dieters Should Eat 300 Calories Less to Avoid Regaining Lost Weight After Dieting | |||||
| » | Doctors Advise People to Eat Healthy Food to Stay Cool This Summer | » | Link Between Meat Consumption and Masculinity | |||||
| Read More >> | ||||||||
