In the areas of alternative health and alternative medicine, vitamin E has played a major role. There are however, two major forms of the vitamin, tocopherol and tocotrienol. Tocopherol's popularity has been well-earned, despite a recent study showing some negative aspects.
We believe this was due to the use in the study of an excessive dosage. As you know, one can take too much of virtually anything, including water--one can drown in it.

Recently a new form of the alternative medicine vitamin has been studied and reported on in the medical media, that of tocotrienol. One problem with it is its scarcity in the foods we eat. It is found principally in brown rice and palm kernel oil and rarely elsewhere. It now can
be found sold separately or in a pill combination with tocopherol.

"Research shows that tocotrientol can inhibit the...oxidative damage to [fats] and proteins." Also, that "[in its processing by the body] lowers cholesterol synthesis." In addition, this alternative medicine "can reverse a harmful concomitant condition in heart attacks "which
causes cardiac dysfunction..." Tocotrienol "offers protection against Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease."

This alternative medicine in addition "exerts an anticancer property...induction of a [body-induced cell death,] inhibition of angiogenesis* [and has] anti-inflammatory...and anti-atherogenic" [heart disease] effects" other than that noted above. >>> read more

Safe Drinking Campaigns Run by Alcohol Industry Do Not Reduce Consumption

Safe Drinking Campaigns Run by Alcohol Industry Do Not Reduce Consumption Efforts by the drinks industry to promote “responsible drinking” have little impact on reducing alcohol consumption and alcohol related harm, a report by Alcohol Concern says.

The report found that responsible drinking campaigns by the alcohol industry deliver ambiguous health messages and do not spell out what constitutes safe drinking behavior.

These health messages appear in advertisements that promote drinking as a positive lifestyle choice and portray alcohol as something that causes problems only in the hands of irresponsible users. >>> read more

Chocolate For The Heart?

Here's an Alternative Health Food that's even better.

Chocolate's benefits for the heart have been widely disseminated in the media. That's the headline. However, as Journal Watch for September 20th points out, "...high overall consumption of chocolate [the original study referred to eating it five times a week] was associated with reduced risk... But...excessive consumption of sugar-laden chocolate
confections is unhealthy." >>> read more

Commercial Weight-Loss Programs More Effective Than Advice From Doctors

Alternative medicine better than physician's advice?

Researchers examined 772 relatively healthy overweight adults from England, Germany and Australia. One group were given advice from their physicians, the other were given free access to Weight-Watcher services.

After 12 months, weight loss was significantly greater in the WW group than in the physician-directed group. >>> read more

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