Vitamin E is the latest superhero in the health battles fought by smokers, especially the more serious ones involving pneumonia. According to researchers from the University of Helsinki, Finland, Vitamin E supplementation may reduce the risk of pneumonia in elderly men after they quit smoking. An intake of 50 mg of Vitamin E reduced the risk of pneumonia by 72 per cent in men aged between 50 and 69 and who had kicked the habit. However, the supplement had no effect on decreasing the risk of pneumonia in those who started smoking when they were younger than 21. The findings were published in journal Clinical Interventions in Aging.

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December 2016