Vitamin C's stretch
Vitamin C supplements can help
restore a healthy stretchiness to blood vessels in people with coronary
artery disease.
References:
Gokce, N. ... J.A. Vita. 1999. Long-term ascorbic acid administration
reverses endothelial vasomotor dysfunction in patients with coronary
artery disease. Circulation 99(June 29):3234.
Further Readings:
1996. Get granddad to take his vitamin E. Science News 150(Aug.
10):95.
Fackelmann, K. 1992. Vitamin E flexes plaque-busting muscle. Science
News 141(March 28):198.
Raloff, J. 1996. Antioxidants: Confirming a heart-y role. Science
News 150(July 6):6.
______. 1993. Vitamin E appears to cut heart disease risk. Science
News 143(May 22):327.
______. 1992. 'Hearty' vitamins. Science News 142(Aug. 1):76.
Wu, C. 1997. How antioxidants defend cells. Science News 151(Feb.
15):111.
Sources:
Joseph A. Vita
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Section of Cardiology
88 East Newton Street
Boston, MA 02118
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 2, July 10, 1999, p. 21.
Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
