Yes, this is a teaser title, but it could be real and may be in the future.
The FDA should be inducted for withholding positive vitamin results that could have reduced and maybe prevented many cases of Alzheimer's dementia in the Public. This is a very devestating condition.
For over 14 years, this positive scientific research information has been known and should have been shouted to the rooftops by the Food and Drug Agency that consuming all of the eight vitamin E family members reduces dementia. Below is the text of one study from 2010.
In this study we investigated the association between plasma levels of eight forms of vitamin E and incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) among oldest-old individuals in a population-based setting. A dementia-free sample of 232 subjects aged 80+ years, derived from the Kungsholmen Project, was followed-up to 6 years to detect incident AD. Plasma levels of vitamin E (alpha-, beta-, gamma, and delta-tocopherol; alpha-, beta-, gamma-, and delta-tocotrienol) were measured at baseline. Vitamin E forms-AD association was analyzed with Cox proportional hazard model after adjustment for several potential confounders. Subjects with plasma levels of total tocopherols, total tocotrienols, or total vitamin E in the highest tertile had a reduced risk of developing AD in comparison to persons in the lowest tertile. Multi-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were 0.55 (0.32-0.94) for total tocopherols, 0.46 (0.23-0.92) for total tocotrienols, and 0.55 (0.32-0.94) for total vitamin E. When considering each vitamin E form, the risk of developing AD was reduced only in association with high plasma levels of beta-tocopherol (HR: 0.62, 95% CI 0.39-0.99), whereas alpha-tocopherol, alpha- tocotrienol, and beta-tocotrienol showed only a marginally significant effect in the multiadjusted model [HR (95% CI): alpha-tocopherol: 0.72 (0.48-1.09); alpha-tocotrienol: 0.70 (0.44-1.11); beta-tocotrienol: 0.69 (0.45-1.06)]. In conclusion, high plasma levels of vitamin E are associated with a reduced risk of AD in advanced age. The neuroprotective effect of vitamin E seems to be related to the combination of different forms, rather than to alpha-tocopherol alone, whose efficacy in interventions against AD is currently debated.
FYI: NOW, this data has been available for over 15 years. WHY do you think the FDA has remained silent about this positive result????
Here are three issues that confound FDA decisions about vitamins and health.
A more recent study from 2017 is here. <Copied from study... "Among the different form of tocopherols, α- and γ-tocopherols were associated with a slower cognitive decline and reduced AD risk. In particular, the results suggested that the combined intake of the different tocopherol forms, may be more useful than α-tocopherol alone in the protection against AD