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The Vitamin E Factor: The Miraculous Antioxidant for the Prevention and Treatment of Heart Disea Se, Cancer, and Aging

by: Papas, Andreas M.

The Vitamin E Factor: The Miraculous Antioxidant for the Prevention and Treatment of Heart Disea Se, Cancer, and Aging

by: Papas, Andreas M.

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ISBN 10:
0060984430
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 06/04/1999
Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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Summary

A leading authority reveals the cutting-edge research of vitamin E in the prevention of heart disease, cancer, and the treatment of AIDS, as well as its multifaceted healing powers.

Acknowledgments

(2)

Foreword

xiii

Introduction

(10)

PART I THE VITAMIN E FAMILY--UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

(52)

1 The History of Vitamin E

(19)

2 Getting to Know the Vitamin E Family

(12)

3 What Is Esterified Alpha-Tocopherol?

(6)

4 Why Natural Vitamin E Is Better

(15)

PART II FROM OUR GUT TO OUR TISSUES: HOW VITAMIN E IS ABSORBED AND TRANSPORTED IN OUR BODY

(34)

5 Learning from Vicki the Elephant: Absorption and Use of Vitamin E

(12)

6 Oil and Water Do Not Mix, or Do They? How Vitamin E Is Absorbed

(9)

7 Diseases (Mostly Genetic) That Cause Vitamin E Deficiency

(13)

PART III HOW VITAMIN E WORKS IN OUR BODY

(40)

8 The Burden of Proof

(14)

9 The Master Antioxidant Plus...

111

(16)

10 Keeping the Bad Cholesterol LDL from Becoming Really Ugly

127

(10)

PART IV MAJOR CHRONIC DISEASES: THE ROLE OF VITAMIN E

137

(90)

11 The Heart and Vitamin E--Part 1

137

(9)

12 The Heart and Vitamin E--Part 2

146

(9)

13 Cancer: Great Expectations

155

(15)

14 Vitamin E and Diabetes--The Great Management Tool

170

(12)

15 For Your Eyes Only

182

(9)

16 Rays of Hope for Delaying Alzheimer's Disease (and Other Horrible Diseases of the Brain)

191

(13)

17 Battling AIDS--An Indispensable Ally

204

(13)

18 Autoimmune Diseases--Can Vitamin E Help?

217

(10)

PART V IMPROVING HEALTH AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE

227

(56)

19 Aging with Good Health (and Grace)

227

(14)

20 Exercise

241

(11)

21 Let's Get (Very) Personal

252

(14)

22 More Than Skin Deep

266

(17)

PART VI WHERE TO FIND VITAMIN E, WHICH FORM TO USE, AND HOW MUCH

283

(40)

23 Finding Vitamin E in Foods

283

(13)

24 How Much Vitamin E Should I Take and Which Form?

296

(8)

25 A Guided Tour of the Vitamin Counter (in Your Neighborhood Health Food Store, Drugstore, or Grocery Store)

304

(7)

26 How Safe Is Vitamin E?

311

(12)

PART VII WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

323

(8)

27 My Crystal Ball

323

(8)

Epilogue

331

(2)

APPENDICES

333

(5)

Appendix A The Eight Members of the Vitamin E Family

333

(2)

Appendix B Natural Versus Synthetic Alpha-Tocopherol

335

(2)

Appendix C How the Potency of Vitamin E Is Calculated for the Products You Buy

337

(1)

e-References

338

(9)

Books

347

(2)

Scientific (and Some e-) References

349

(32)

Index

381

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The Vitamin E Factor: The Miraculous Antioxidant for the Prevention and Treatment of Heart Disea Se, Cancer, and Aging

The Vitamin E Factor: The Miraculous Antioxidant for the Prevention and Treatment of Heart Disea Se, Cancer, and Aging

9780060984434

0060984430

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