Vitamin E Prevents Heart attacks in diabetics

Studies about Vitamin E over the years always seem to give opposite results. However, I would assume that taking  Vitamin E, “just in case” may behoove you unless you have specific reasons not to (talk to your doctor). Consider it cheap health insurance.  If this “Drug” were a patented medicine, I am certain the drug companies would be visiting doctor offices around the country trying to get us to prescribe it . However, being a Vitamin, there will be little reference to this story.

Vitamin E Could Help 40% Of Diabetics Ward Off Heart Attacks

ScienceDaily (2007-11-24) — Vitamin E supplements can significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks and related deaths for diabetics who carry a particular version of a gene. The finding is a new answer to an old question: can antioxidant vitamins such as vitamin E help prevent heart disease? Previously, cardiologists routinely prescribed vitamin E for their patients, but the practice has dwindled as several major studies in the past decade showed no heart-protective effects and potential harm from vitamin E mega-doses. However scientists now suspected that there might be one group of patients who could benefit from vitamin E: diabetic individuals with a particular variant of the haptoglobin gene. … > read full article