Vitamin E may protect lungs
　　People who take vitamin E supplements regularly for years wholesale wedding dresses whether they are smokers or nonsmokers may lower their risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the lung condition that is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.
　　While the risk reduction is relatively small, 10 percent, COPD is a common Iron oxide and life-threatening condition in which a decline in lung function can be slowed down but not reversed. COPD symptoms include shortness of breath, coughing, and fatigue.
　　"The effect appears to be modest. But for something forHermes handbag which there isn't really any effective therapy and tends to be a degenerative condition, anything that would reduce the risk even somewhat is not an insubstantial benefit," says Jeffrey B. Blumberg replica handbags a professor of nutrition at Tufts University in Boston who was not involved in the study.
　　The researchers took into account factors such as cigarette smoking and age, which can affect COPD risk. The study, conducted by Cornell University and Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers, is to be presented this week at the annual American Thoracic Society meeting in New Orleans.
　　The idea that vitamin E can reduce WEIDMULLER the risk of developing COPD is "biologically plausible," says Yvonne Kelly, Ph.D., an associate professor in the department of epidemiology and public health at University College London. Experts believe vitamins Embroidery thread and E -- the so-called ACE antioxidants -- combat oxidative stress in the lungs that can lead to COPD.
　　In future studies, Sims says that the Living room furniture researchers should diagnose COPD using a breathing test called spirometry. "If you showed in a similar study with a gold standard outcome [like spirometry], among smokers and nonsmokers, that you could affect the incidence of COPD, I would imagine tablet pressthe committees that meet on this would take a serious look at increasing daily recommended intake [of vitamin E] for the general population," he says.
　　Currently, no vitamin supplements are vacuum sealer recommended to prevent or treat COPD. The best way to prevent the disease is to quit smoking, says Dr. Sims. About 24 million people in the U.S. have COPD -- 12 million who've been diagnosed with gate valves the disease and another 12 million who have COPD but don't know they have it. In the study, women who smoked were four times more likely than nonsmokers to develop COPD.
　　The daily recommended intake of vitamin E is gauze about 22 international units for those 14 and older, and is relatively easy to obtain from oils such as sunflower, almonds, peanut butter, and spinach.
　　The vitamin E intake in the study was far higher, at 300 IU per day. However, Blumberg says this is unlocked cell phones within the range of most over-the-counter vitamin supplements, which deliver 100 or 400 IU daily. "This study is still five times below the highest dose at which no adverse effect has been found," he says.
　　Vitamin E intake is generally a concern only at very high doses, above 1500 IU per day. Several studies have usb flash disk suggested that these levels promote hemorrhaging and interfere with normal blood clotting. For this reason, high doses of vitamin E are not recommended for people taking blood-thinners such as warfarin (Coumadin) and aspirin.
　　Supplements of beta-carotene, which is a precursor of the antioxidant vitamin A, should be used with caution, however. While a 2006 French study air jordans found that people with diets high in beta-carotene had a slower decline in lung function over an eight-year period, heavy smokers and drinkers may not benefit. Two studies found that beta-carotene supplements increased the risk of lung cancer in people who smoked more than one pack a day and drank heavily.