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Vitamin E is best known as an antioxidant vitamin. But a new study from Harvard Medical School points to several other benefits, according to a May 29-issued health report titled "The Benefits and Risks of Vitamins and Minerals: What You Need to Know."

The scientists conclude that vitamin E can have other "substantial cardiovascular benefits" such as inhibiting inflammation and aiding the proliferation of smooth muscle cells. Inflammation is now believed to be the underlying cause of heart attacks and stroke.

Vitamin E is one of the four fat-soluble vitamins, along with A, D and K. The report stresses that fat-soluble vitamins "keep your eyes, skin, lungs, gastrointestinal tract and nervous system in good repair."

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