RE: Vitamin E May Help Prevent at least Two Types of Cancer

April 1, 2004

Gamma Tocopherols,

Important to note that in the cancer studies it is the Gamma tocopherols

that are the most effective, much more so than the alpha tocopherols.

There is a huge convention on vitamin E taking place in May at Tufts

University, sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences and a lot of

the focus in on Gamma tocopherols.

See this link for more on the conference;

http://www.enerex.ca/products/gamma_e.htm

JoAnn Guest [angelprincessjo]

Thursday, April 01, 2004 2:09 PM

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Vitamin E May Help Prevent at

least Two Types of Cancer

Vitamin E May Help Prevent Two Types of Cancer

Increasing vitamin E intake - from foods or supplements - may help

protect men against prostate and bladder cancer. Results of a study

presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer

Research in March 2004 showed that men with the highest blood levels of

vitamin E had the lowest risk of prostate cancer.

The study included 29,133 Finnish men between the ages of 50 and 69. The

participants gave blood at the beginning of the study and then took

vitamins to see whether an increased intake would have an effect on

cancer risk. Those who had the highest blood levels of vitamin E from

foods before they took vitamins were 53 percent less likely to develop

prostate cancer than were men whose vitamin E levels were low at the

outset of the study.

Results of a similar study from Texas Woman's University in Houston

showed that patients with the highest intake of alpha tocopherol (a form

of vitamin E found in food) were 42 percent less likely to develop

bladder cancer than others in the study (those who got vitamin E from

their diets and also took supplements were 44 percent less likely to

develop bladder cancer).

Vitamin E is found in nuts and seeds, whole-grain products, wheat germ

oil, olive oil, beans, peas and other vegetables, while the best food

sources of alpha tocopherol are sunflower seeds, almonds, spinach,

mustard greens and green and red peppers.

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April 2, 2004

There were some studies going either way on whether gamma or alpha tocopherols

were more effective; most studies said that you need both, and perhaps the other

tocopherols, for them to be fully effective.

I wish there were a more inexpensive source for the mixed tocopherols though.

That company, and the other companies I found on the Internet, charge more for

Vitamin E than my current food budget. (Yes, I'm that broke.)

Moss

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