ConsumerLab.com®
January 5, 2014
Vitamin E Helps Alzheimer’s Patients — A new study suggests that high-dose vitamin E can help people with Alzheimer’s disease retain their ability to perform activities of daily living (such as dressing) for several months longer than those given placebo, reducing caregiver time. A similar dose of vitamin E has been shown in other studies to slow the progression of the disease in some people and to reduce the rate of conversion to Alzheimer’s among people with mild cognitive impairment.