Diabetic Subgroup May Benefit From Vitamin E

At least one expert familiar with this work believes the evidence that Dr. Levy and his associates have collected warrants starting vitamin E supplementation immediately in informed and willing patients who have the right risk profile.

A daily dose of 400 IU of vitamin E is “cheap and innocuous,” commented Dr. Eliot A. Brinton, director of the metabolism section in the cardiovascular genetics division at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. “The question that I would pose to my patients with diabetes is 'Do you want this?' Many of my patients would probably say yes, they do.”

Women with diabetes and the 2-1 genotype who received vitamin E showed a 20%-25% increased rate of CV events.

Source DR. BLUM