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Happy New Year, I can't believe that you wrote the about the artical concerning vitamin E!! My neuro, just Tuesday took me off of Eldepril (5mg) a day and suggested I take 800iu's a day. I had been taking 400 every day for a couple of years. I have very slight Parkinson's with little side effects, so he decided ,because of stomach discomfort, I should go off of Eldepril entirely. My wallet loves it. I will let you know if everything else loves it too. Very interesting that this article came up now. Good health to everyone Elizabeth 67/9mos./vitamine E -----Original Message----- From: Ron Reiner <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: 31. prosince 1997 20:09 Subject: NEWS: Vitamin E >Interesting PD related article. > > Ron Reiner (50/2) > >--------------------------------------------------------- >Health Magazine Lists Top 10 Health Advances, Including Vitamin E As Potent >Weapon Against Aging > >December 31, 1997 > >SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30 -- The year 1997 was a "great year for health >discoveries," says Health magazine, which lists Vitamin E as a potent weapon >against aging as one of the year's 10 top medical advances. > >Health, with editorial offices in San Francisco, says in its January- >February 1998 issue: > >"In the never-ending quest for an anti-aging pill, Vitamin E emerged as a >leading candidate in 1997." > >Previous research showed, the magazine said, that the antioxidant Vitamin E >"clears tissue-damaging molecules called free radicals from the arteries, >and thus may help prevent heart disease." > >"But its effects elsewhere in the body may be just as important to aging >Americans," it said. > >Health cited the work by researchers at Tufts University, who tested 88 >people 65 and over who took Vitamin supplements. > >Volunteers in the study were tested to measure their bodies' ability to >resist infections such as pneumonia and other illnesses which occur in old >age when immune systems can slow down. > >"The men and women swallowing 200 milligrams of Vitamin E every day showed >dramatic improvements, producing disease-fighting antibodies in levels two >to six times greater than people who got a placebo," Health said. > >The magazine also noted a study in the Netherlands concluding that diets >rich in Vitamin E may protect against Parkinson's disease, and a study at >Columbia University which found that high doses of Vitamin E given over two >years slowed the progression of Alzheimer's disease in patients. > >In January of 1997, the American Heart Association cited Vitamin E as one of >the year's "top 10 heart and stroke research advances for 1996." > >(Foods for the Future provides factual information to the media concerning >food products, health and nutrition. It is a project of the T. Dean Reed >Company and is supported by U.S. agribusiness.) > >SOURCE Foods for the Future > >/CONTACT: Dean Reed of Foods for the Future, 202-223-3532/ >