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International Health News Editorial – September 2002

... vitamin-E, 250 mg of vitamin-C, and 20 mg of beta-carotene) daily for a 5-year period. At the end of the trial the researchers concluded that antioxidants are safe, but not effective in halting the progress of serious cardiovascular disease or in reducing overall mortality in this group of already seriously ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/e129.htm 03/02/04, 4262 bytes

Vitamin results discouraging

... 58.9 mmol/L, and that of beta-carotene from 0.32 to 1.22 mmol/L indicating that the supplementation was effective in increasing blood levels of the antioxidants. It is worth noting that the increase in vitamin C concentration was quite small and not enough to reach the plasma saturation level of 77 ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a129d.htm 03/02/04, 4962 bytes

Prostate cancer linked to inflammation

... agents such as aspirin and COX-2 inhibitors help prevent prostate cancer, especially among older men. There is also substantial evidence that antioxidants like vitamin-E (especially gamma- tocopherol) and selenium exert a strong protective effect against prostate cancer. Furthermore, there is clear ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a153c.htm 01/09/05, 4717 bytes

Take vitamins and live longer

... about their use of multivitamins alone, vitamin-A, vitamin-C or vitamin-E on their own or a combination of multivitamins and vitamins A, C or E (antioxidants). By 1989 85,000 of the study participants had died; 22,800 (27 per cent) from ischemic heart disease, 5460 (6 per cent) from stroke, 29,800 ...
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Timing of antioxidant supplementation is important

... Mexico School of Medicine reasoned that if oxidative stress is the underlying cause of the inflammation and increased blood clotting tendency then antioxidants taken before meals should be beneficial. Their clinical trial involved 11 patients with type 2 diabetes who were exposed to four different test ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a141a.htm 03/02/04, 5694 bytes

Niacin and intermittent claudication

... been diagnosed with peripheral vascular disease. The patients were randomized to receive niacin (1.5 to 3.0 grams/day), warfarin (2 to 4 mg/day), antioxidants (vitamin-C - 1000 mg/day, vitamin-E - 800 IU/day, and beta-carotene - 24 mg/day) or a placebo for 48 weeks in a 2 X 2 X 2 factorial design experiment ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a84k.htm 11/21/05, 3728 bytes

NEWSBRIEF – FEBRUARY 2003

... against heart disease. Red wine is believed to have a stronger protective effect than white wine due to its higher content of powerful polyphenol antioxidants, which are concentrated in the skins of the grapes. Researchers at the University of Montpellier in France have now managed to produce a Chardonnay ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/n134g.htm 03/02/04, 3071 bytes

Prooxidant effects of vitamin C

Prooxidant effects of vitamin C LEICESTER, ENGLAND. Antioxidants such as vitamin-E and beta-carotene can under certain conditions behave as prooxidants, that is, they promote oxidative reactions rather than quench them. Fortunately, the conditions which encourage the prooxidant activities are rare ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a78h.htm 11/21/05, 4635 bytes

Heart disease and alcohol consumption

... disease. The effect is particularly pronounced among wine drinkers and recent research has shown that wine, especially red wine, contains powerful antioxidants (polyphenols). Now researchers at the Danish Cancer Institute report that wine drinkers tend to consume a healthier diet and be better educated ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a87b.htm 03/02/04, 4053 bytes

Recommendations for prevention of heart disease

... effects of folic acid, vitamin-B6, soy protein (25 grams/day) and isoflavones, but cite insufficient evidence in the case of vitamin-E and other antioxidants. Supplementation with beta-carotene is discouraged. Consumption of at least two fish servings a week is recommended. For people already suffering ...
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