Metabolic syndrome leads 1 in 3 Americans to need more vitamin E

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/osu-msl100615.php

Public Release: 7-Oct-2015
Metabolic syndrome leads 1 in 3 Americans to need more vitamin E
Good news: Cow's milk promotes absorption of essential antioxidant
Ohio State University

New research shows that the estimated one-third of Americans who have a cluster of health problems that add up to metabolic syndrome don't absorb dietary vitamin E as effectively as healthy people.

The same study also had good news for the whole population: Cow's milk with or without fat promotes absorption of the natural form of vitamin E found in foods.

People in the study who drank milk along with the natural form of vitamin E absorbed between 26.1 and 29.5 percent of the vitamin, depending on their health status. Participants with metabolic syndrome absorbed less vitamin E than healthy people in the study, which concerns researchers because these individuals probably receive less of the beneficial antioxidant properties of vitamin E.

Previous research has shown that on average, humans absorb about 10 percent of a dose of the most common vitamin E supplement if it is eaten without any fat. The percentage of vitamin E absorbed after it is consumed refers to its bioavailability, or how much of a given dose reaches the bloodstream. Its bioavailability is influenced by processes that regulate fat absorption and the delivery of fat to the bloodstream.

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