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Vitamin C, 200 mg a day; vitamin E, 400 IUs of natural mixed tocopherols (d-alpha-tocopherol with other tocopherols or, better, a minimum of 80 mg of natural mixed tocopherols and tocotrienols...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dr. Andrew Weil's Wellness Diet | 10/10/2005 | See Source »

...prone to metabolic syndrome, take alpha-lipoic acid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dr. Andrew Weil's Wellness Diet | 10/10/2005 | See Source »

...diet, supplements can provide optimum dosages of natural therapeutic agents that may help prevent and treat age-related diseases. Consider vitamin E. Oil-rich seeds and nuts are the main food source of it. Many studies suggest that doses in the range of 200 IUs to 400 IUs of alpha-tocopherol (or, better, 80 mg to 160 mg of the whole complex, including tocotrienols) offer the best antioxidant protection against common age-related diseases. Nuts are good for you, but you would have to eat far too many to get that amount of vitamin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aging Naturally | 10/9/2005 | See Source »

...studies involved 150 families, each with four or more members. Every time one member showed the first signs of a cold, the rest of the family was instructed to begin using a nasal spray once daily for the next seven days. Half the families were using sprays containing alpha-interferon, one of several forms of the natural antiviral agent, while the others inhaled a harmless placebo. Over a period of six to eight months, the interferon families had 40% fewer colds than the placebo group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fewer Colds? Interferon sprays may work | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...schoolchildren in autumn. "They are responsible for more than half of colds in the fall and spring," says Dr. Jeffrey Stritar, director of antiviral clinical research at Schering-Plough Corp. in New Jersey. Schering, which funded both studies, is one of several companies using genetic-engineering techniques to manufacture alpha-interferon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fewer Colds? Interferon sprays may work | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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