Vitamin E 'may ward off decline'

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7204293.stm

Researchers found people aged over 65 who had lower levels of vitamin E performed worse on tests of basic physical ability.

The key may be that vitamin E is an antioxidant, protecting the body's issues from damage caused by charged particles called free radicals.

The Yale University School of Medicine study appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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While the researchers found an association between vitamin E and performance, their work suggested no such link with other essential vitamins, such as folate, B6, B12 and D.

[Peggy Day]

1. Guess I'll take my Vitamin E today! nt

[BadgerKid]

2. Important facts missing

The article doesn't talk about the eight different biologically active forms of vitamin E which natural foods carry. Different vitamin E supplements offer some of these different mixtures.

Vitamin E, as well as folate and other B vitamins, are naturally found in wheat germ, which is removed in the grain refinement process to make white flour.

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[Celebration]

3. actually

this wasn't a study of whether or not vitamin E supplementation helps. It could be a biomarker,even........although, I agree, there are different forms of vitamin E, and some are probably more efficacious than others. This study is mentioning the correlation, not any supplementation.