Vitamin E linked to increased risk of some strokes
Taking vitamin E could slightly increase the risk of a
particular type of stroke.
The British Medical Journal study found that for every 1,250 people there is the chance of one extra haemorrhagic stroke - bleeding in the brain. Researchers from France, Germany and the US studied nine previous trials and nearly 119,000 people.
Haemorrhagic strokes are the least common type and occur
when a weakened blood vessel supplying the brain ruptures and causes brain damage. Researchers found that vitamin E increased the risk of this kind of stroke by 22% and the study also found that vitamin E could actually cut the risk of ischaemic strokes - the most common type of stroke - by 10%and Experts found vitamin E could cut the risk, equivalent to one ischaemic stroke prevented per 476 people taking the vitamin.
when a weakened blood vessel supplying the brain ruptures and causes brain damage. Researchers found that vitamin E increased the risk of this kind of stroke by 22% and the study also found that vitamin E could actually cut the risk of ischaemic strokes - the most common type of stroke - by 10%and Experts found vitamin E could cut the risk, equivalent to one ischaemic stroke prevented per 476 people taking the vitamin. Ischaemic strokes account for 70% of all cases and happen when a blood clot prevents blood reaching the brain. But the level at which vitamin E becomes harmful is still unknown.
Posted by Katherine Liao
