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By: Health Info

Health Info — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:19:48 +0000

Vitamin E Levels Related to Cognitive Impairment
Researchers reported in a study published in October 2013 that higher serum levels of vitamin E were associated with lower risk of cognitive impairment in older adults. Vitamin E includes eight natural compounds, including four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Approximately five to 20 percent of older individuals have mild cognitive impairment. Of these individuals, 10-15 percent progress to dementia each year.
The subjects included 140 non-cognitively impaired elderly adults. At the beginning of the study, the researchers measured levels of tocopherols and tocotrienols, as well as alpha-tocopherylquinone and 5-nitro-gamma-tocopherol—markers of vitamin E oxidative/nitrosative damage. The investigators followed the subjects for eight years to assess for the development of mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s dementia.
The investigators found that the subjects with middle-levels of the gamma-tocopherol/cholesterol ratio had a 73 percent lower risk of developing cognitive impairment than the subjects with the lowest levels. The researchers also determined that the subjects with middle or high levels of 5-nitro-gamma-tocopherol/gamma-tocopherol ratio had approximately three times the risk of developing cognitive impairment. Additionally, the researchers showed that subjects with higher levels of gamma-tocopherol, beta-tocotrienol and total tocotrienols had a lower risk of cognitive impairment.
The study authors concluded, “Elevated levels of tocopherol and tocotrienol forms are associated with reduced risk of cognitive impairment in older adults. The association is modulated by concurrent cholesterol concentration. Various vitamin E forms might play a role in cognitive impairment, and their evaluation can provide a more accurate measure of vitamin E status in humans.”
Reference: Mangialasche F, et al. Exp Gerontol. 2013;12:1428-35.

By: Forest

Forest — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 12:36:44 +0000

Thomas #25, with so many people in so many countries just trying to survive… war makes no sense at all. I would think a majority of the worlds population would agree with that. It’s certain factions, and certain political powers and lobbiests that keep it going.

Why fight? Money, religion, territory? Why the hell is Russia trying to take the Ukraine when so many people there don’t want them to? And yet it is.

If everyone in the world stopped focusing on this stupid bolder flying through space and started looking toward the sky again maybe we could accomplish something great.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 03:04:06 +0000

John, I had nothing. I got a Pell Grant, and took out student loans. Got my associate’s degree as a Paramedic. Spent some time in the Army, used GI Bill and got my RN/BSN.

I actively looked for ways to pull myself up to a point that I could have a home, cars, and nice things. What I had going for me was motivation and a small amount of intelligence.

Can anyone do it? I don’t think so, I think some people have been beat down so long that they just can’t rise above wherever they are, but it hurts society at large not to help them.

To me, it’s hard to justify spending billions on war and then fighting over millions in social spending.

By: Katt

Katt — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 03:01:20 +0000

Tom#28, if i’m going to go back in time, i’m going to pick a much better point at which to fix shit :).

By: John

John — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 03:00:03 +0000

Katt#25, I admit I am guilty of that. I make 25K a year, and have three children. I have a nice-ish two bedroom home near work, and I finally got off food stamps. I still manage to buy nice things for the kids, save money, and have a 401k.

It isn’t that I think “Anyone can do this” so much as “anyone with a full time, half decent job can live within their means.”

Because I do, and I know how to do it. But I guess, in a way, it’s the same thing that you just said: “I can do it so you can to.”