Heart beat: C+E get an F for heart protection
Heart beat
C+E get an F for heart protection
If you've been relying on vitamins E and C to ward off heart disease, it's time to switch to something that actually works.
The results of a large, randomized controlled trial showed that 500 milligrams of vitamin C plus 400 international units (IU) of vitamin E, or either one alone, offered no more protection against heart disease than a placebo. (The vitamins didn't protect against prostate or other cancers, either.) The eight-year trial, conducted in more than 14,000 initially healthy male physicians, echoes the negative results of similar trials in healthy women, as well as in men and women with heart disease or at high risk for it (Journal of the American Medical Association, Nov. 12, 2008).
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