Whilst I am not saying that sups of this type aren’t important…If you look at the statistical shenanigans on the original studies into the longevity studies on vit E they are truly beautiful, a victory of statistics over information! Really the results boil down to an extension of a couple of months at the very tops (on average), is that significant?
I would be surprised if this was any different!
bump…same story in national post…
I posted this reply on another forum…
Here’s some flaws right here… ‘Of these trials, 9 tested vitamin E alone and 10 tested vitamin E combined with other vitamins or minerals’.
‘High-dosage (400 IU/d) trials were often small and were performed in patients with chronic diseases. The generalizability of the findings to healthy adults is uncertain. Precise estimation of the threshold at which risk increases is difficult’
Taken from http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/0000605-200501040-00110v1
I think that studies like this only serve to confuse the general public and I think the public shouldn’t hear about such studies untill the evidence is more certain. It just makes good news I guess.
By the way I wouldn’t take high dosages of vitamin E either.
If you scroll down to the bottom of the study you can see some of the letters that have been published in response to the study also.
Great link Boxer, thanks for the info.
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Correlation does not equal causation.
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The study populations are not at all representative of the population reading this forum.
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“By the way I wouldn’t take high dosages of vitamin E either.”
Hope you aren’t taking any fish oil and are under 30.
I do best on a lower carb diet so I get a lot of fats (salmon, sardines, nuts…) in my diet and take about 3 g fish oil/day. I’m 44 years old and take 800-1200 IU vitamin E (some as alpha tocophercol and some as mixed i.e. alpha, beta, gamma, delta tocopherol in known amounts).
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Here we go:
http://www.doctormurray.com/newsletter/2-15-2004.htm
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That’s a good article, there are many more on the benefits of Vitamin E. I have been taking this vitamin (in it’s various forms) for the past 25 years or so, and I’m going to continue to take it!
Some of you guys have to learn to ignore the “weird science.”
First look at who performed the study. Next look at how long the study took. Third was it done on humans, animals or in a lab.
Finally, if it does not make sense to you, in other words flys in the face of all good reason and experience, it’s probably a “weird science.”
The only think I would say about taking any anit-oxidant such as Vitamin E, take them in conjunction with other vitamins and foods. They all work together!
Most interesting article by Dr. Murray.
At my last physical my MD was somewhat appalled by my supplement, vitamin and mineral regimen.
He intimated that I was spending a lot of money for nothing.
He had nothing concrete to offer except to point to the lack of studies proving that these things were effective.
He did warn me that Vitamin E could lead to heart problems !!!
Seems like he can’t see the forest for the trees!
I told him I couldn’t wait until all the studies were in before trying something - I’d be dead before the medical community ever got it right.
Like the rest of you, I’m my own guinea pig, learning as much as I can and experimenting with myself along the way.