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Vitamin E
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin and a powerful biological antioxidant. Antioxidants act to protect cells against the effects of free radicals, which are potentially damaging by-products of energy metabolism. Foods rich in Vitamin E include vegetable oils, nuts, green leafy vegetables, and fortified cereals.
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Reviewed May 2011
9 Resources Found
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| Title: | Antioxidant supplements for liver diseases |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin C, and vitamin E cannot be recommended for treatment of liver diseases. An imbalance between too much oxidative stress and too little antioxidative defence has been suggested to cause a variety of liver diseases. There... |
| Date: | Feb 2011 |
| Title: | Vitamin E for neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Having to take antipsychotic drugs for long periods of time can cause repetitive movements - often of the face and mouth. These are disfiguring and do not necessarily cease once medication is reduced or changed. Vitamin E has been evaluated for treating... |
| Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Title: | Supplementary vitamin E, selenium, cysteine and riboflavin for preventing kwashiorkor in preschool children in developing countries |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Undernutrition is one of the leading underlying causes of childhood morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Providing antioxidants that would help curb excess free radicals in the body may help prevent the development of kwashiorkor. We identif... |
| Title: | Vitamin E supplementation for prevention of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Giving extra vitamin E to preterm babies can provide some benefits, but it increases the risk of life-threatening infections. Preterm babies (born before 37 weeks) can develop a range of problems because their organs are not mature. Vitamin E may be abl... |
| Date: | Mar 2007 |
| Title: | Vitamin E for Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Vitamin E is a dietary compound with antioxidant properties involved in scavenging free radicals. Laboratory and animal studies have pointed towards a possible role for Vitamin E in the prevention and management of cognitive impairment. To date only one... |
| Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Title: | Vitamins for epilepsy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | No evidence that folic acid, thiamine, vitamin D or vitamin E improve seizure control or prevent side effects for people with epilepsy. Antiepileptic drugs stop seizures for 70% of people with epilepsy and cause a number of side effects. This review inv... |
| Date: | Dec 2006 |
| Title: | Vitamin E supplementation in pregnancy |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Not enough evidence to determine if giving women vitamin E during pregnancy helps prevent their babies dying, being born small or too soon. For pregnant women, insufficient dietary vitamin E (found in vegetable oils, nuts, cereals and some leafy green v... |
| Date: | Dec 2004 |
| Title: | Drugs for preventing lung cancer in healthy people |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | It has been suggested that antioxidant nutrients such as beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and zinc may help reduce the incidence of cancer. This review addresses the effectiveness of these supplements in preventing lung cancer in healthy pe... |
| Title: | Vitamin E for intermittent claudication |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Intermittent claudication is a cramping pain, brought on by exercise and relieved by rest, that is caused by an inadequate blood flow to the calf and leg muscles. It is a symptom of atherosclerosis, a disease where fatty deposits build up in the arterie... |
| Date: | Jan 2001 |
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