Health and Nutrition Letter

At Risk for Heart Disease? Don’t Expect Vitamin E to Help

August 2003

Abstract

It seemed like such a promising hypothesis. “Bad” LDL-cholesterol only becomes “activated” and starts interfering with blood flow through the arteries when it undergoes oxidation, so taking the antioxidant nutrient vitamin E should block the chain .

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