whether vitamin E reduces the risk of heart disease

March 2000

Two important new studies cast doubt about whether vitamin E reduces the risk of heart disease.

Some earlier studies suggested a benefit...causing lots of people to start taking vitamin E to prevent heart attacks.

Researchers thought that vitamin E might help slow atherosclerosis by inhibiting the oxidation of LDL cholesterol.

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