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 A Randomized Factorial Trial of vitamins c and E and Beta Carotene in the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Women: Results From the Women's Antioxidant Cardiovascular Study")
The AMA's statement on antioxidants having no benefits in this study is based on the inclusion of all those women who did not take the antioxidants. I believe this conclusion to be biased in favor of drug company interests and wholly incorrect from a scientific point of view. |
| Study Examines vitamins c, E, Beta-Carotene for Preventing Heart Attack, Stroke" http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20070813/antioxidants-dont-lower-heart-risk
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ABC News
"Study: Vitamins No Magic Bullet for Heart Health" http://www.abcnews.go.com/Health/Diet/story?id=3474385&page=1
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Reuters
"Common vitamins no help for women's hearts: study" http://www.reuters. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Other medical associations and pharmaceutical-affiliated groups are making similar pronouncements. vitamins c and E, according to them, are nutritionally worthless. And they're basing that conclusion on a study that actually showed the vitamins to be far better at preventing cardiovascular disease than any prescription drug!
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So how can anyone claim these vitamins are worthless when the study clearly shows a strong, significant health benefit in those who take the vitamins? |
| C, E or beta-carotene on cardiovascular events for women at a high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD)."
Other medical associations and pharmaceutical-affiliated groups are making similar pronouncements. vitamins c and E, according to them, are nutritionally worthless. And they're basing that conclusion on a study that actually showed the vitamins to be far better at preventing cardiovascular disease than any prescription drug! |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Even though proteins important to supplement if you are not already eating a high protein diet, it is far more important to supplement trace minerals, macro minerals like magnesium, zinc and calcium; various vitamins including all the B vitamins; plus vitamins c, D and K. In addition, you need to supplement numerous phytonutrients, which means the medicine that comes from plants. Those include various carotenoids like beta keratin or zeaxanthin, lutein, anthocyanidins, Proanthocyanidins like those found in grape seeds or even Resveratrol found in grape skin. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 Those who consumed the most salads enjoyed above-median blood levels of folic acid, vitamins c and E, lycopene, and alpha- and beta-carotene. And each serving of salad eaten was associated with a 165 percent higher likelihood of subjects meeting the Recommended Dietary Allowance for vitamin C in women and a 119 percent greater likelihood in men.* Keep in mind that the rich supply of nutrients in those salads is also acting to help promote weight loss. So enjoy your SuperFoods salad daily and recognize that it's helping you reach your goals. |
| Spinach provides your body with a rich infusion of SuperNutrients including lutein/zeaxanthin, beta-carotene, plant-derived omega-3 fatty acids, glutathione, alpha lipoic acid, vitamins c and E, the B vitamins including thiamine, riboflavin, B6, and folate; minerals including calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, and zinc; various polyphenols, and betaine. That's a pretty impressive array of nutrients for a simple, delicious leaf. And, in fact, it's only a partial list of the nutrients in spinach. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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 Keep cooking to a minimum. vitamins c and B-complex can be destroyed by water, heat, or light.
• Replace iceberg lettuce with spinach.
• Add spinach to your lasagna, pasta, or pizza.
Sauteed Spinach by Christine M. Palumbo Servings: 4 • Prep and cooking time: 15 minutes
Simple but so good! We like to add a dash of crushed red pepper for excitement—be careful! Drizzle some basil-infused olive oil over the spinach for a taste you won't believe. This recipe contains four powerhouse foods. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 There is a significant amount of vitamins c and E in this product, but their potency is quickly diminished once this jar-packaged product is open. Although vastly overpriced, it's an OK option for normal skin with slight signs of dryness.
© $$$ Erase Eye Gel ($45 for 0.5 ounce) is mostly water with film-forming agent, wax, and skin-identical ingredients. It also contains vitamin K, which DDF claims is encapsulated and able to treat dark circles under the eyes. |
| The study that showed idebenone has the antioxidant muscle to surpass others involved only 30 subjects, and compared idebenone to vitamins c and E, alpha lipoic acid, coenzyme Q10, and kinetin. The study did not, however, compare the effects of idebenone to many of the hundreds of othet potent antioxidants that commonly appear in other skin-care products, nor did it compare the effects of idebenone with the effects of a combination of antioxidants. Perhaps a cocktail of antioxidants would far surpass idebenone—we don't know. |
| Interestingly, a study comparing the protective effect of idebenone on sun-exposed skin found it ineffective compared to topical application of vitamins c and E with ferulic acid, but this study was conducted in part by Dt. Sheldon Pinnell, whose Skinceuticals line sells an antioxidant setum with those very ingredients (Source: The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, May 2006, pages 1185-1187).
The world of antioxidants is far more complex than the mere handful that Allergan compared to idebenone. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Polyphenols, like other antioxidants, help protect cells from the normal, but damaging, physiological process known as oxidative stress polysaccharide—long string of glucose molecules polyunsaturated fats—large class of fatty acids with many members, including both the omega-6s and the omega 3s; found in vegetable oils, nuts, and fish proanthocyanidins—plant compounds helpful in preventing degenerative disease; powerful antioxidants that are several times more potent than vitamins c and E. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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| S© $$$ Silky C Serum ($72 for 1 ounce) is a very good non-aqueous serum that silkens skin with silicones while treating it to stabilized vitamins c and E and soy, while also providing the cell-communicating ingredient retinol. The antioxidant content of this serum isn't quite as prodigious as DDF's C3 Plus Serum above.
© $$$ Ultra-Lite Oil-Free Moisturizing Dew ($36 for 1. 7 ounces) contains some ingredients that support the name, but the amount of wax and thickeners doesn't make this a slam-dunk solution for those battling blemishes. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 Low calorie, 1 V2 grams of fiber, small but measurable amounts of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, vitamins c and K, plus not insignificant amounts of vitamin A, beta-carotene, and potassium. And peaches contain a little beta-cryptoxanthin, a carotenoid with some anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties. They even
_ have a smattering of lutein and zeaxanthin, the carotenoids now considered the superstars of eye nutrition.
Not bad for a mere 38 calories per medium-size fruit. And just for good measure, they have a low glycemic load—the impact a food has on your blood sugar. |
David W. Grotto, RD, LDN
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| Celery also contains vitamins c, Bl, and B2; calcium; iron; magnesium; phosphorus; and potassium. The leaves contain many of these nutrients and can work well as a replacement for parsley. Celery contains phalides, which may help lower cholesterol, and coumarins, possibly useful in cancer prevention.
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Wild celery was used as a medicinal plant throughout the Middle Ages. People used it to "treat" conditions such as anxiety, insomnia, rheumatism, gout, and arthritis. Wild celery was also thought to provide strength and purify the blood. |
Mike Adams
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 Studies show that the isolated vitamins c and E both protect against nitrosamine formation, but as you know, I always recommend superfood supplements over isolated vitamins. Just make sure you get plenty of vitamins c and E from some natural source.
3. Remove the sodium nitrite from the bacon before cooking it, then add your own healthy sea salt. This is an excellent solution described by Blaylock in Health and Nutrition Secrets:
If you feel you cannot live without bacon, do this first. |
Michael Pollan
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 Studying cultured human cells, he's found that "deficiency of vitamins c, E, B12, B6, niacin, folic acid, iron or zinc appears to mimic radiation by causing single- and double-strand DNA breaks, oxidative lesions, or both"—precursors to cancer. "This has serious implications, as half of the U.S. population may be deficient in at least one of these micronutrients." Most of the missing micronutrients are supplied by fruits and vegetables, of which only 20 percent of American children and 32 percent of adults eat the recommended five daily servings. |
Jack Challem
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 This type of supplement will contain most or all of the B-complex vitamins, as well as vitamins c and E and a few other nutrients. It's an ideal supplement for someone who does not want to, or need to, take a lot of capsules or tablets.
Although multivitamins don't have the sex appeal of more exotic supplements, the evidence supports their use, even among apparently healthy people. In one study, David Benton, Ph.D. |
Marshall Editions
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 Brightly colored fruits and vegetables such as squash, carrots, berries, and oranges have high amounts of bioflavonoids and vitamins c and A, which will help resolve inflammation and blisters of the skin, and increase the efficiency of the body's immune system. A freshly pressed green vegetable juice a day will give you essential nutrients to alkalinize the body and boost immunity. Avoid meat, fried foods, sugar, chocolate, and sodas, which suppress the immune system and interfere with the healing process. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 A decreased ability to absorb vitamin B12 or folate or niacin or vitamins c or E may mean an increased risk of neurological deficit or damage from free radicals.
Figure %3 (kit Reaction Peristalsis (or squeezing of the intestines) is stimulated by nerves that are regulated by a serotonin-type chemical. When all is working correctly, serotonin reduces the discomfort we may feel when gas passes through and stimulates more neurons to contract in a coordinated fashion to move our food along. Using laxatives can overstimulate the intestinal nerves and lead to chronic constipation.
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Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Good dietary sources of carotenes as well as vitamins c and E are green leafy vegetables, yellow-orange fruits and vegetables, red and purple fruits and vegetables, legumes, grains, and seeds. Good dietary sources of flavonoids are citrus fruits, berries, onions, parsley, legumes, green tea, and red wine.
Soy. Soy foods contain a group of nonsteroidal plant chemicals called phytoestrogens. These compounds are similar in their chemical structure to estradiol, and to equol, a phytoestrogen metabolite, but they are not actually estrogens. |
| Antioxidants such as vitamins c and E, selenium, carotenes, and others are molecules that defend the body from cellular damage by ending the free radical chain reaction before vital molecules are harmed. These are often referred to as "free radical scavengers."
Vitamin C. Studies using vitamin C show increase in cellular immunity and decreases in
Vitamin C
Take 6-10 g in divided doses daily, starting with 1,000 mg a day, then add 1,000 mg every 4 or 5 days until the stools become loose. At this point, back down to the previous dose of vitamin C so that the stools are normal in consistency. |
| In one study, vitamins c and E reduced coronary death and death due to all causes in elderly patients.158 In another, an antioxidant supplement significantly lowered risk for myocardial infarction (heart attack) in men and women over 55.159 A Finnish study showed no significant effect of an antioxidant supplement on death due to coronary artery events;161 however, only 3 percent of the people actually used an antioxidant supplement. In the very large U.S. |
| Other studies show that adding antioxidants, including vitamins c and E, to the diet of animals significantly reduced the decline of regular ovulation related to aging.30 This may have importance for women in their 40s, who begin to experience reduced fertility due to diminished ovarian reserve.
Vitamin E
400-800 IU per day
Selenium. The mineral selenium is another antioxidant that protects from free radical damage. Free radicals are created when normal biochemical reactions cause oxygen molecules to become unstable. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| Grapes have small amounts of calcium and magnesium, vitamins c, A, and K, and a decent amount (294 mg) of potassium. I recommend eating them seeds and all. Too many amazing health-promoting compounds have been extracted from the seeds to throw them away.
A number of grape seed oil vendors have claimed that grape seed oil is high in OPCs (proan-thocyanadins). However, independent studies have indicated that grape seed oil is actually the grape product with the lowest concentration of OPCs. I don't recommend grape seed oil in any case. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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| C" Gel ($90for 1 ounce) is a silicone-based antioxidant serum that contains grape seed oil and vitamins c and E, although the forms used are not identified. (In fact, Brandt's listing violates FDA guidelines for ingredient disclosure because liposomes are not an ingredient but rather a delivery system.) Although the antioxidants are assuredly helpful for skin, the lavender, grapefruit, and geranium oils are not, making this one to ignore.
© Contour Effect ($185 for 1. |
Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey
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 The ATBC trial, originally designed to test cancer prevention abilities of vitamins c and E and (3-carotene, tested supplementation with 50mg a-tocopherol acetate daily for 5 to 8 years [42]. In this study of male smokers, a-tocopherol supplementation was associated with a modest trend toward decreased incidence of angina pectoris but no decrease in CVD mortality. (3-carotene supplementation had no preventive effect and was associated with a slight increase in the occurrence of angina [76]. An apparent excess of hemorrhagic stroke in the treatment group complicated this study. |
Hyla Cass
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 It's due to depletion of vitamins such as vitamins c and B6, needed to make the feel-good brain chemicals called neurotransmitters. (For more information on these neurotransmitters, see page 114.)
Healthier ways to prevent pregnancy: the intrauterine device (IUD), condoms, and the rhythm method—which, if you get instruction from a knowledgeable medical practitioner and follow it to the letter, works almost as well as condoms and pills.
Standard Premarin/progestin hormone therapy is linked with increased risk of breast cancer, stroke, and heart attack. |
| Needed supplements: Take calcium (1,000 mg), magnesium (250-500 mg), potassium (100 mg), vitamins c (1,000 mg), Bj (320 mg), and B6 (10-25 mg) and zinc (25 mg).
POTASSIUM-SPARING DIURETICS: amiloride (Midamor), spironolactone (Aldactone), and triamterene (Dyrenium)
Because they preserve levels of the mineral potassium in the body, these medicines may be prescribed alone or with another diuretic to prevent potassium levels from falling too low—a dangerous imbalance called hypokalemia. |
Elaine Magee
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 To Reduce Effects of LDL Cholesterol: þGarlic + onions, which contain organosulfur phytochemicals þOat phytochemicals + vitamin C þAlmond skin + vitamins c and E þVitamin C and E + beta-carotene þCitrus extracts + vitamin C in citrus þSoy protein þSoy (phytoestrogens) + vitamin C in citrus þGround flaxseed (highest food source for lignans) þRed wine (polyphenols) þGrapefruit (part of a low-fat heart-healthy diet) þGreen tea
To Reduce LDL Blood Levels: þThe Portfolio plan (may reduce LDL by 30 percent) þNuts þGround flaxseed
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