In Brief: Vitamin E research

Executive Summary

Vitamin E research: An article in the July 10 issue of "The Tan Sheet" (p. 3) about ongoing antioxidant research and immune system structure/function claims was based on comments that were made available without the speaker's consent. The article, which was developed from a panel discussion at Henkel's annual Vitamin E Symposium, also contained an error. The studies discussed at the meeting showed evidence of vitamin E "enhancing immunity and decreasing [not increasing] infectious disease"...