Reduced risk of
Stroke and diseases shown with Natural Vitamin E Tocotrienol Supplements
July 16th, 2006
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Studies from Ohio
State University Medical Center found that taking a natural form of
vitamin E was able to successfully reach the blood in humans, sufficient
enough to reduce the risk of stroke and other diseases. The research
was first reported in the May issue of the journal Antioxidants & Redox
Signaling.
Vitamin E is found
in eight different forms in nature. The most common vitamin E available
as a supplemen is in the form of tocopherol (TCP). The researchers in
this study looked at tocotrienol (TCT). Tocotrienol is found naturally
in palm oil.
The researchers
studied the effects of taking a moderate dose of 400 milligrams of time
released tocotrienol in a supplement form. The researchers took blood
samples of the participants at two, four, six and eight hour intervals
after taking the supplement. They found that the vitamin E was
successful in reaching the blood which would in turn help protect from
neurological damage if a stroke occurred.
The Tocotrienol
concentrations were on average 12 to 30 times higher that what was
needed to prevent stroke induced neurodegeneration, according to senior
researcher Chandan Sen, professor and vice chair of surgery, deputy
director of the Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute at OSU.
Previously, it was
believed that Tocotrienol was not able to be delivered to organs if it
is eaten because a protein called tocopherol transfer protein (TTP) was
not able to deliver Tocotrienol as easily as it does tocopherol. The
Tocotrienol was better absorbed when taken with a fat-containing food.
In order to increase absorption, the researchers had the participants
eat a meal that contained 60 grams of fat.
"Our results
demonstrate that TCT is efficiently delivered to the bloodstream despite
the fact that the transfer protein has a lower affinity for TCT than it
has for TCP," Sen said.
Nicole Wilson
Best Syndication
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