Vitamin E editorial
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Results of a recent study finding increased risk of all-cause mortality associated with long-term use of high doses of vitamin E is "surprising," according to E. Robert Greenberg, MD, Dartmouth Medical School. Greenberg authored an editorial that accompanies a study in the Jan. 4 Annals of Internal Medicine; the trial was published early online (1"The Tan Sheet" Nov. 15, 2004, p. 13). "I am not totally convinced that the authors have isolated the effects of vitamin E from those of other supplements, since 10 of the 19 trials in the meta-analysis involved provision of vitamin E together with other nutritional supplements," he says. Still, Greenberg agrees with the authors' conclusion that vitamin E supplementation is unwarranted based on "ample evidence" that shows "no favorable health effects"...
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