Stroke

What vitamins should I take?

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Dr Paul Clayton Most people consider a vitamin supplement for two reasons. First, to make sure they are not deficient in any important vitamin or mineral. The second reason is to help reduce the risk of long term health problems. Important research shows that achieving the first (preventing deficiency) does not necessarily achieve the second … Read more

Vitamin E Tocotrienols

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Dr Paul Clayton 2010 Avoiding a stroke is surprisingly easy (ie Karppanen & Mervaala ’06). But what of those who are already at high risk? A new study suggests that one of the tocotrienols (those forgotten isomers of E which are rarely found in supplements) can prevent nerve cell death in the brain following a … Read more