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by Source: Foods for the Future
January 1, 1999
WASHINGTON, A leading nutrition organization has recommended that people take daily nutritional supplements, including Vitamin C and Vitamin E, and has called for an action program for government and private groups to support improved nutrition. The Council for Responsible Nutrition recommended regular use of four daily nutritional supplements to reduce health risks. The supplements are:
Vitamin E 400 International Units (IU).
Vitamin C — 500 milligrams.
Multivitamins — containing folic acid.
"People must also exercise and eat a balanced diet," said Dr. Annette Dickinson, director of scientific and regulatory affairs for the council, which represents manufacturers of dietary supplements.
In a report, the council discussed recent studies on Vitamin E health benefits:
"There is ... burgeoning scientific evidence to support the relationship between Vitamin E supplementation and reducing the risk of heart disease. In epidemiological studies involving 100,000 people, long-term use of Vitamin E supplements providing at least 100 IU per day was associated with about a 40 percent reduction in heart disease.
"In a clinical intervention study in people with a known history of heart disease, Vitamin E at 400 or 800 IU per day reduced the risk of a new heart attack by 75 percent.
"Numerous other studies are supportive of this protective effect. It is thought that Vitamin E acts by preventing oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, which may initiate the chain of events that leads to blocked arteries," the report said.
In a section on nutrition and cancer, the report said: "...There is good evidence relating to the protective effect of Vitamin C against stomach cancer and some other cancers...There is also evidence that other nutrients such as Vitamin E and folic acid may protect against some cancers."
The report said nutritional supplements are recommended because most people don't have good dietary habits. "Poor dietary habits are the norm, not the exception," it said. "Even health professionals sometimes fall short of the ideal and turn to supplements for nutritional insurance."
In a "baker's dozen" list of 13 recommendations for action, the council called on:
1. The federal government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to "expand education programs for policymakers, physicians and consumers about the importance of nutrition and disease prevention."
2. The National Institute on Aging to recommend use of a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement by people over age 50 "to support and improve immune function."
3. The Department of Defense to expand research into benefits of specific nutrients and nutritional supplements, and provide supplements to active and retired military personnel and families.
4. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to revise and expand its cholesterol education program to include advice about dietary improvements that can help reduce risk of heart disease, including increased intake of Vitamin E.
5. Full government and industry funding for the Food and Nutrition Board's program to evaluate recommendations for nutrition intake.
6. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture to "recognize the role of nutritional supplements in the next revision of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, to be published in the year 2000."
7. The Department of Agriculture to "withdraw its outdated guidance that currently prohibits the use of food stamps for the purchase of nutritional supplements."
8. Associations such as the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association and National Osteoporosis Foundation to "recognize the contribution nutritional supplements can make to meeting nutritional goals for disease prevention."
9. The American Medical Association to "place a high priority on increasing the amount of clinical nutrition education provided in medical schools."
10. U.S. government agencies to assure that international policies relating to nutritional supplements "be consistent with U.S. law and that consumers in all nations have access to safe and beneficial products and truthful information about their use."
11. Congress to "take the lead in expanding the national research effort on nutrition and disease prevention."
12. The National Institutes of Health's Office of Dietary Supplements to be funded at the authorized level of $5 million annually and to "play a more visible and active role in encouraging research on dietary supplements."
13. The White House to convene a White House Conference on Food, Nutrition and Health by the year 2000 to "evaluate current nutrition and health policies and to establish a new agenda for the twenty-first century."
SOURCE Foods for the Future
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