Sickled red blood cells are more susceptible to peroxidation than normal
red cells. Vitamin E deficiency promotes red cell susceptibility to
peroxidation and could lead to cell abnormalities, capillary obstruction and
tissue damage. The investigators propose that sickle-cell patients would
benefit from vitamin E supplementation. Chiu D et al: Peroxidation, vitamin
E and sickle-cell anaemia. Ann NY Acad Sci 393:323-35, 1982.
Three years after beginning a wholefood diet free of added salt, with
homoeopathic remedies, multivitamins, calcium pantothenate and vitamin E, a
40-year old woman with von Willebrand's disease was free of all symptoms and
abnormal bleeding. Hayman-Budden G, Nutritional Therapy Today 2(2):4, 1992.
Society for the Promotion of Nutritional Therapy, UK.
11 patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura were treated with 2
grams of vitamin C daily. 7 patients responded well and suffered no relapses.
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