Viva vitamin E

The benefits of a diet rich in Vitamin E are boundless! Not only does vitamin E enhance the health of your skin, it's also a powerful antioxidant that may reduce your risk of cancer while strengthening immunity.

The most recent benefit of vitamin E will please those affected by Alzheimer's disease. A new study just released from the Baylor College of Medicine reveals that a high doses of vitamin E - when taken with a cholinesterase inhibitor - may be linked with living longer after being diagnosed with the disease.

So just how should you go about adding vitamin E to you diet? Visit WEGO Health's vitamin E page for a great resources that'll explain more about the amazing vitamin E benefits.

Tags: alzheimer's, vitamin-e

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Comment by Deanna Durica on April 20, 2008 at 3:54pm: Thanks - I went back to the WEGO Health vitamin E page, and I am glad to say that I'm already getting much of my E - I'm a big almond fan, and almonds are where it's at, vitamin E-wise.

I read the article posted, too, about the vitamin E study. When taking with cholinesterase inhibitors, Vitamin E prolonged life in study subjects. Of course, this made me wonder about said cholinesterase inhibitors. These are substances that stop the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from breaking down. This, in turn, helps boost nerve pulse function in the brain. This is good for everyone, but especially Alzheimer's patients, who experience a drop in the production of acetylcholine. Essentially, acetylcholine stops the brain from shedding excess neurotransmitters - normally an ok thing for the brain to do - but not in the case of those suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

This article summarizes a study published by the Journal of Alzheimer's disease that touts the benefit of apple juice - which is antioxidant-rich and helps boost acetylcholine.

Almonds and apple juice, anyone?

Viva vitamin E

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