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My father have been taking vitamin e for about 20 years 400 iu ... and he is in very goood shape he is almost 80 ... should i start taking it?
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Reasonable to take: It is possible that your father would be in good shape without taking vit e but it is reasonable to start taking it. There are very impressive research studies showing the benefits of vit e preventing heart disease etc. See http://www.Healthy.Net/scr/article.Aspx?Id=557 it is crucial to take only natural e with mixed tocopherols. Studies on synthetic e (dl-alpha tocpherol) suggest it's harmful!
Answered 5/6/2013
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