Is Vitamin E a hormone disruptor?
Suzanne says…I’m an esthetician with a 60-year-old client who said she won’t use any product with vitamin E (among many other ingredients). She claims that the vitamin E is from soy, and since she is extremely sensitive to hormonal disruptors, she can’t use it. I can find nothing on the internet about sources of vit E. And I wonder, even if it is derived from soy, is there any constituent of the soy left to have such an effect?
The Beauty Brains respond:
First, it’s true that soy is used as a source of vitamin E. In fact it’s THE major source even though other plant oils, like wheat germ, ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - March 26, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Randy Schueller Tags: Safety Source Type: blogs
Why We Shouldn’t Focus on Developing Alzheimer’s Treatments
Recently, The New York Times announced the creation of a partnership between the National Institutes of Health, 10 pharmaceutical companies and seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to the development of drugs to treat, among other things, Alzheimer’s disease. While at first blush, this five-year, $230 million effort may seem noble, the ultimate motivation for this seemingly ecumenical event is suspect.
Alzheimer’s disease affects some 5.4 million Americans, and according to a recent report from the RAND Corporation, costs Americans in the neighborhood of $200 billion each year to care for those afflicted. To context...
Source: Renegade Neurologist - A Blog by David Perlmutter, MD, FACN - March 10, 2014 Category: Neurologists Authors: gbadmin Tags: Science Alzheimer’s fat FDA Memantine NIH olive oil Vitamin E Source Type: blogs
Does Vitamin E Help Slow Functional Decline in Alzheimer's Patients ?
ConclusionsThe authors write that the current study is one of the largest and longest treatment trials in patients with mild to moderate AD, and that it provides information on reported safety issues of vitamin E, with results from previous trials resulting in decreased prescribing for patients with AD. “In contrast to the conclusion drawn from a 2005 meta-analysis of vitamin E, which showed that high-dose vitamin E (≥ 400 IU/d) may increase the risk of all-cause mortality, we found no significant increase in mortality with vitamin E.The annual mortality rate was 7.3 percent in the alpha tocopherol group vs. 9.4 percen...
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - January 1, 2014 Category: Dementia Authors: Bob DeMarco Source Type: blogs
Science is harmed by hype. How to live for 969 years.
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[This an update of a 2006 post on my old blog]
The New York Times (17 January 2006) published a beautiful spoof that illustrates only too clearly some of the bad practices that have developed in real science (as well as in quackery). It shows that competition, when taken to excess, leads to dishonesty.
More to the point, it shows that the public is well aware of the dishonesty that has resulted from the publish or perish culture, which has been inflicted on science by numbskull senior administrators (many of them scientists, or at least ex-scientists). Part of the blame must attach to "bibliometricia...
Source: DC's goodscience - December 31, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Alzheimer's Anti-science Bad journalism Big Pharma Universities Vitamin altmetrics bibliobollocks bibliometrics fraud good science misconduct Peter Lawrence politics Schekman vice-chancellors Vitamin E Vitamins Source Type: blogs
Yet Another Reason Why Dr. Oz Cannot Be Trusted: False Claims About Red Palm Oil
Dr. Oz is a powerful guy, blessed with a name that conjures up wizardry. He just unveils his latest “miracle,” which seems to happen on an almost daily basis, and people scamper off to the nearest the health food. Recently the great Oz anointed the oil extracted from the fruit of the palm tree that grows in Indonesia and Malaysia as a wonder product that can aid weight loss and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and heart disease. Introduced to this marvel by his a guest, a homeopath, Dr. Oz excitedly gushed about the beta carotene and “special form of vitamin E” found in “red palm oil.” A curious business. Tell ...
Source: Better Health - June 3, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: admin Tags: Opinion Quackery Exposed Alzheimer's Carotenoid Dr. Oz Dr. Oz Show Exaggerations False Claims Indonesia Malaysia Mehmet Oz Miracle Cure Red Palm Oil Snake Oil Vitamin E Weight Loss Source Type: blogs
Is Marula oil a good source of vitamin E?
LindyGirl asks…Are products like Marula Oil a good source of antioxidants to use daily under sunscreen (physical block – zinc oxide – spf 30) to help fight free radicals and, possibly, infrared rays? Macula Oil is supposed to have vitamins C and E. Or would it be best to just stick with the vitamin C&E serums?
The Beauty Brains respond:
LG’s question comes in response to our recent post that said infrared light is bad for skin. While the technical literature does show that antioxidants are effective against the free radicals caused by infrared radiation, we haven’t seen any studies proving...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - May 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
