Wednesday, January 25, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Millions of people may need more vitamin E
New research has shown
that people with metabolic
syndrome need significantly
more vitamin E – which could
be a serious public health
concern, in light of the mil-
lions of people who have this
condition that’s often related
to obesity.
A study just published in
the 0 also made it clear that
conventional tests to measure
vitamin E levels in the blood
may have limited accuracy
compared to tests made in
research laboratories, to the
point that conventional tests
can actually mask an underly-
ing problem.
Vitamin E — one of the
more difficult micronutrients
to obtain by dietary means —
is an antioxidant important for
cell protection. It also affects
gene expression, immune
function, aids in repair of
wounds and the damage of
atherosclerosis, is important
for vision and neurologic
function, and largely prevents
fat from going rancid.
Nutrition surveys have
estimated that 92 percent of
Ex-candidate
accused
of secretly
taping sexual
encounter
EUGENE (AP) — A man
who twice ran for Congress
in Oregon has been charged
with secretly recording him-
self having consensual sex
with a university student in
Virginia.
T h e R e g i s t e r- G u a rd
reports that Jim Feldkamp
faces a charge of nonconsen-
sually filming a person in the
nude. In Virginia, it’s a mis-
demeanor, punishable by up
to a year in jail.
Feldkamp ran for
Congress as a Republican in
2004 and 2006. Both times,
he lost to Democrat Peter
DeFazio.
Feldkamp has been an
adjunct professor at George
Mason University in Virginia.
Local media reports say he
met the woman on campus
but wasn’t teaching her at the
time of the alleged recording.
The student contacted
police after finding the cam-
era and video in Feldkamp’s
apartment.
Court records show
Feldkamp was arrested in
November. He’s due back in
court on Jan. 31.
men and 96 percent of women
in the United States fail to
get an adequate daily intake
of vitamin E in their diet.
It is found at high levels in
almonds, wheat germ, various
seeds and oils, and at much
lower levels in some vegeta-
bles and salad greens, such as
spinach and kale.
This study was done by
researchers in the Linus
Pauling Institute at Oregon
State University and the
Human Nutrition Program at
The Ohio State University,
as a double-blind, crossover
clinical trial focusing on vita-
min E levels in people with
metabolic syndrome. It was
supported by the National
Institutes of Health, the
National Dairy Council and
DSM Nutrition.
“The research showed
that people with metabolic
syndrome need about 30-50
percent more vitamin E than
those who are generally
healthy,” said Maret Traber, a
professor in the OSU College
of Public Health and Human
Sciences, and Ava Helen
Pauling Professor in the Linus
Pauling Institute.
“In previous work we
showed that people with met-
abolic syndrome had lower
bioavailability of vitamin
E. Our current work uses a
novel approach to measure
how much vitamin E the body
needs. This study clearly
demonstrates that people with
metabolic syndrome need a
higher intake of this vitamin.”
More than 30 percent
of the American public are
obese, and more than 25
percent of the adults in the
United States meet the crite-
ria for metabolic syndrome,
putting them at significantly
increased risk for cardio-
vascular disease and type-2
diabetes – primary causes of
death in the developed world.
That syndrome is defined
by diagnosis of three or
more of several conditions,
including abdominal obesity,
elevated lipids, high blood
pressure, pro-inflammatory
state, a pro-thrombotic state
and insulin resistance or
impaired glucose tolerance.
This research, for the first
time, also clearly outlined
a flaw with conventional
approaches to measuring vita-
min E.
By “labeling” vitamin E
with deuterium, a stable iso-
tope of hydrogen, scientists
were able to measure the
amount of the micronutrient
that was eliminated by the
body, compared to the intake.
The advanced research labo-
ratory tests, which are not
available to the general pub-
lic, showed that people with
metabolic syndrome retained
30-50 percent more vitamin
E than healthy people – show-
ing that they needed it. When
the body doesn’t need vitamin
E, the excess is excreted.
But in the group with
metabolic syndrome, even
as their tissues were taking
up and retaining the needed
vitamin E, their blood levels
by conventional measurement
appeared about the same as
those of a normal, healthy
person.
“We’ve discovered that
vitamin E levels often look
normal in the blood, because
this micronutrient is attracted
to high cholesterol and fat,”
Traber said. “So vitamin E
can stay at higher levels in the
circulatory system and give
the illusion of adequate levels,
even as tissues are deficient.
“This basically means that
conventional vitamin E blood
tests as they are now being
done are useless.”
The findings support the
conclusion that people with
metabolic syndrome have
higher levels of oxidative and
inflammatory stress, scien-
tists said in their conclusion,
and require more antioxidants
such as vitamins E as a result.
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