However, research showed that vitamins E, C and beta carotene prevented the liver from performing this role.
However, research showed that vitamins E, C and beta carotene prevented the liver from performing this role.
Another series of tests showed that vitamin E stopped the breakdown completely, resulting in less lipoproteins being destroyed.
“Our study is the first to document an association between antioxidant vitamins and VLDL cholesterol,” said Dr. Edward Fisher, director of the Center for Lipid Research & Treatment at NYU Medical Center.
“It appears that antioxidant vitamins may be potentially harmful to the heart based on their ability to increase VDLD secretion in liver cells and in the mice we studied.”
Source: | This article first appeared on Express.co.uk
