To lower Alzheimer’s risk, make sure you’re getting ALL your vitamin E

We’ve been telling you about the benefits of full spectrum vitamin E for years.

The four tocopherol forms of the vitamin are generally more common. But in 2003, Dr. Spreen described the four tocotrienol forms as “icing on the cake.”

And now we know that adding that icing just might help you avoid Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

In a new study from Sweden, researchers took blood samples from more than 230 subjects over the age of 80. None had any signs of dementia.

Within six years, nearly 60 cases of Alzheimer’s were diagnosed. Comparing blood analysis to AD cases, researchers found that subjects with the highest levels of all eight vitamin E forms reduced their risk of AD by about half compared to subjects with low E levels.

Here’s what Dr. Spreen had to say back in 2003: “There has been considerable peer-review research concerning the benefit of tocotrienols in even more than just cardiovascular disease, to include aging, Alzheimer’s disease, breast disease and others.”

Alzheimer’s disease? You heard it here first.

To Your Good Health,

Jenny Thompson

Source:
“All forms of vitamin E count in Alzheimer’s protection, finds study” Lorraine Heller, NutraIngredients-USA, 7/8/10, nutraingredients-usa.com