Perhaps 43% of people with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis fatty liver disease will be helped by daily doses of vitamin E - CBC News (article link)
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03 May 2010
- Published: 03 May 2010
A new study has identified vitamin E as a treatment for those without diabetes that can provide relief for many of the estimated 10 million Americans who have the most common chronic liver disease nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.
- Insulin resistance and oxidative stress play an important part in the condition called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
- A significant rate of improvement in markers of the disease, such as inflammation, was seen in 43% of those getting vitamin E.
- http://www.liverfoundation.org/education/info/fattyliver American Liver Foundation.
Vitamin E Helps Treat Common Liver Disease
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/HealthScout/100429/6042902AU.html