Friday, May 17, 2013

Mainstream Studies on Natural Health Flawed


 Mainstream Studies on Natural Health Flawed
by Tony Isaacs

(The Best Years in Life) Headlines from an Oregon State University study asserted "Vitamin E trials 'fatally flawed" and the following story detailed how most studies on Vitamin E have been flawed to the point of being essentially worthless. Here are some excerpts:
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Generations of studies on vitamin E may be largely meaningless, scientists say, because new research has demonstrated that the levels of this micronutrient necessary to reduce oxidative stress are far higher than those that have been commonly used in clinical trials.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-09/osu-vet092107.php
In a new study and commentary in Free Radical Biology and Medicine, researchers concluded that the levels of vitamin E necessary to reduce oxidative stress are four to eight times higher than those used in almost all past clinical trials.

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