OBJECTIVE To review and analyse criteria for vitamin supplementation and fortification in Spain. DESIGN Systematic review of scientific literature and simulation analysis of food fortification. METHODS A simulation analysis using a fortified beverage was performed in a random sample of 2855 children aged 2 to 24 years in Spain. RESULTS High-risk groups for vitamin supplementation and fort...

Low maternal dietary vitamin E (but not vitamin C) intake during pregnancy has been associated with increased in vitro cord blood mononuclear cell (CBMC) proliferative responses, childhood wheezing and asthma. We investigated whether these associations reflect direct effects of vitamin E by investigating the effects of supplementing CBMC cultures with physiological concentrations of vitamin E. ...

Lykkesfeldt and Poulsen’s review has a promising title, and in the introductory paragraph, they state that ‘over the years, it has been suggested that vitamin C be used as a remedy against many diseases as different as common colds and cancers’. Given their title and introduction, one would expect a discussion about randomised controlled trials (RCT) on vitamin C and the common cold. However, t...

The present study was carried out to investigate the effects of dietary antioxidants on pro-inflammatory cytokines, heat shock protein (HSP) and antioxidant status in broiler chicks under summer conditions. A total of 162, 3-d-old broiler chicks were randomly assigned to a basal diet (CON) and the basal diet supplemented with vitamin C (200 mg/kg diet, VCD) or vitamin E (100 mg/kg, VED) until 3...

Hyperlipidemia is highly prevalent among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients. As hyperlipidemia plays a major part in atherosclerosis development and progression, this occurrence linked to significantly raised risk of cardiovascular disease. This study aims assess the effects vitamin D supplementation on lipid parameters T2DM patients with untreated hyperlipidemia. Thirty-five deficiency w...

AIM Hypothetically, supplementation with the antioxidant vitamins C could alleviate exercise-induced lipid peroxidation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of vitamin C supplementation on exercise-induced lipid peroxidation, muscle damage and inflammation. METHODS Sixteen healthy untrained male volunteers participated in a 30-min exercise at 75% Vo2max. Subjects were randoml...

A 3×2 factorial experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary vitamin C, E and Zinc supplementation on growth, survival and reproduction of Oreochromis niloticus in hapa based system installed in earthern ponds for 5 months. The triplicate groups consisting 30 fish were fed three levels of vitamin C (0, 50 and 1250 mg kg diet), two levels of vitamin E (0, 600 mg kg diet). An addit...