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Preventing Colds and Other Upper Respiratory Infections |
VitaminE supplements may play an important role in preventing colds and other upper respiratory infections, report Tufts researchers in a new study.
Boston: An annoyance to many, the common cold is often a big health problem for the elderly - resulting in long-term debilitation and even death. But new research from Tufts indicates that vitamin E supplements may be powerful preventative medicine - significantly cutting the risk of colds and other infections among the elderly.
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Importance of Tocopherols Beyond Alpha-Tocopherol |
Importance of tocopherols beyond alpha-tocopherol: evidence from animal and human studies
Both gamma- and delta-tocopherol may be necessary for preventing lipid peroxidation and in counteracting the pro-oxidant effect of alpha-tocopherol. Moreover, all tocopherols except beta-tocopherol inhibit smooth muscle proliferation. In our research, a preparation of mixed tocopherols, containing gamma-, delta-, and alpha-tocopherol (5:2:1), has been shown to have better antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actions than alpha-tocopherol alone. This mixture did not have any adverse effects in a limited number of preliminary clinical investigations. Thus, among the tocopherols, alpha-tocopherol is not the only important isomer for human health.
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NOTE: A.C. Grace Company has provided a MIXED TOCOPHEROLS product for the past nearly five decades! Roy Erickson knew, in the late 50s, that a MIXED TOCOPHEROLS high in GAMMA- and ALPHA-, along with Delta- and Beta-tocopherols provides maximum benefit to the body. That is why he developed an exclusive, proprietary blend of the four tocopherol isomers.
PLUS! He left out all diluents, colors, additives, soy protein, gluten and oil filler that can turn rancid to provide a superior product with maximum vitamin E benefit!
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Vitamin E used in many orthomolecular health studies
Orthomolecular medicine is a form of complementary and alternative medicine whose practitioners claim to prevent and treat a wide range of diseases with nutrients. According to advocates of the concept, nutrients are prescribed as dietary supplements or are derived from diets designed to eliminate what proponents consider deleterious substances,[1] such as allergens, refined foods, sugar and transfats.[2][3]
The term "orthomolecular" was coined in a 1967 letter[4] by Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling and later elaborated on in a 1968 paper[5] on micronutrients and psychiatry to express the idea of "the right molecules in the right amounts" (ortho is Greek for "right"[6]). . .
Use of vitamin E in orthomolecular medicine
Vitamin E comprises eight related chemicals, which are classed as either tocopherols or tocotrienols. These chemicals also exist as several stereoisomers.[129] In supplements these are usually present in stabilized ester forms, which are converted into the active form in the intestines.[130] Research has focussed on alpha-tocopherol, since this is the form preferentially taken up by the body and the most abundant form in tissues.[131] Alpha-tocopherol is also regarded in orthomolecular medicine as the form with greatest nutritional significance.[132] In supplements this is either a mixture of stereoisomers (all-rac-alpha-tocopherol), or the biological stereoisomer RRR-alpha-tocopherol.[129]
Initial hopes for the usefulness of vitamin E in orthomolecular medicine were based on epidemiological studies. . . [NOTE: footnotes can be found in information via link below]
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Alter Genes in Prostate Cancer: Study |
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Vitamin E, selenium may alter genes in prostate cancer: Study
By Stephen Daniells, 26-Feb-2009
Selenium and vitamin E may offer protection against prostate cancer by changing the expression of certain genes in prostates linked to tumours, says a new study from Texas.
Writing in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, scientists from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston report that exposure of biopsy samples from people with cancer to vitamin E, selenium or both, expressed different genes, with the combined exposure producing results similar to that observed in people with no prostate cancer.
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