Study indicates vitamin E reduces the risk of death from cardiovascular disease in women

Jul 4 2005

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) says it is encouraged by the results of a new study involving nearly 40,000 healthy women --- the longest and largest trial ever conducted on vitamin E. The study, published in the July 6 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), shows vitamin E significantly reduced the risk of death from cardiovascular disease and also confirmed that vitamin E is safe, reporting that taking 600 IU of vitamin E supplements every other day did not increase total mortality in healthy women.

Other WHS findings:

• 24% reduction in cardiovascular deaths among nearly 20,000 women taking
  vitamin E supplements over a 10-year period.
• For women 65 and over taking vitamin E supplements had an even greater
  positive effect: a 49% reduction in cardiovascular death and a 34%
  reduction in heart attack.