Vitamin E And Alzheimer’s Disease

NEW YORK —A recent study conducted at Mount Sinai Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that consuming vitamin E could help delay or prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

The study included 613 participants. They were monitored for 5 years, and were given vitamin E along with other Alzheimer’s medication.

The team found that consuming vitamin E could help delay the progression of the disease by 20 percent. In other words, slowing the progression also means slowing the rate at which you would lose functional activity (preparing meals, or handling finances).

According to the director of the Mt. Sinai Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center , Mary Sano:

"We also saw a very nice effect on the amount of time a caregiver needs to take care of these individuals. There, we saw a difference of about two hours a day."

According to webMD, vitamin E can be found naturally in the following foods:

·         Vegetable oil

·         Green leafy vegetables (spinach)

·         Eggs and nuts

If you are interested in preventing or delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, you might want to consider adding vitamin E to your diet.

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