Vitamin E gives extra boost to heart health.

• Position: Smoking Cessation - Brief article

Taking a specific form of a vitamin E supplement can accelerate the health benefits that occur when people quit smoking, relates a study by Ohio State University, Columbus. Improvement in blood vessel function associated with the added vitamin E potentially translates into an estimated 19% greater drop in future risk for cardiovascular disease.

Those who quit smoking and also took the gamma-tocopherol form of vitamin E showed a 1.5% additional improvement in vascular function. While these changes may appear to be small, previous studies suggest that every one percent increase in vascular function--or improvement--in the blood vessel's ability to dilate translates...