Word: vitaminally
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vitamin E's ribald reputation as a sexual enhancer has made it one of the most ballyhooed -- and best-selling -- of all dietary supplements. Truth is, E does little to lift the libido but it does appear to influence matters of the heart vitally. Two studies, reported in last week's New England Journal of Medicine, found that people who swallowed large doses of the vitamin in pill form -- at least 10 times the daily allotment recommended by the U.S. government -- had a nearly 40% lower risk of heart disease than those who consumed more modest doses. That two studies...
...mothers' use of creams, vitamin E and exercise to avoid post-childbirth stretch marks are apparently useless. Weight gain is the main reason for the marks, and there is no way to prevent them...
...extremely high levels, however, hundreds of times the amount contained in one supplement, Rimm said, vitamin E may prevent absorption of other vitamins...
...early to be making national policy recommendations that people should be taking vitamin E," said Rimm, who recommends that individuals decide for themselves how applicable the study's findings are to their lifestyles and dietary habits, and weigh the risks...
...Rimm seems convinced. "I take vitamin E," he said. "I'm taking that risk...