CRP in even the normal group remains at concentrations that have been linked to high risk of heart disease and stroke. Additional therapies or lifestyle improvements, therefore, appear warranted, he says. If vitamin E supplementation dampens interleukin-6 production in circulating blood as it does in the test tube, it should reduce inflammation and atherosclerosis in coronary arteries, says biochemist Sushil Jain of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. O'Byrne, D., S. Devaraj, et al . Raloff, J. 2000.
Vitamin E targets dangerous inflammation.
Shields, A. 2000. UT Southwestern study shows vitamin E reduces levels of a protein that predicts heart disease. Fackelmann, K. 1997. Harbinger of a heart attack. Raloff, J. 1999.