Vitamine C en E verminderen aderverkalking.*

A study looking at both vitamins C and E was published in the prestigious journal Circulation). In this study, 520 smoking and non-smoking men and post-menopausal women between the ages of forty-five to sixty-nine with cholesterol levels above 193 were studied for a total of six years. Half of the group was treated with 270 mg of vitamin E and 500 mg of slow release vitamin C daily with the other group receiving placebo. The study known as ASAP (antioxidant supplementation in atherosclerosis prevention study) found that those individuals treated with vitamins had a significant reduction in arteriosclerotic buildup and thickening of the common carotid artery. In men, there was a 33% reduction with a 14% reduction in women. The authors concluded that the findings confirmed that supplementation with combination of vitamin E and slow release vitamin C slows down atherosclerotic progression in hyper-cholesterolemic persons. (2003)

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