Article: Where's the vitamin E?(400 IU of vitamin E linked with improved memory retention during aging; Newswatch)(Brief Article)

Once you remember where you put it, don't forget to take it. A mouse study suggests that in humans, a daily dose of 400 international units of vitamin E--about 13 times the recommended level--might help protect the brain and its memories from the ravages of aging. The study, reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that middle-aged and older mice fed supplemental vitamin E suffered less damage to crucial brain-tissue proteins than did undosed rodents as they aged. Many foods, especially sunflower ...

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