Avoiding a stroke is surprisingly easy (i.e., Karppanen & Mervaala,’06). But what of those who are already at high risk? A new study suggests that one of the tocotrienols (those forgotten isomers of E which are rarely found in supplements) can prevent nerve cell death in the brain following a stroke. When a stroke occurs, a neurotransmitter called glutamate is released in the affected brain tissues. The glutamate rush is neurotoxic in its own right, but it also activates a harmful enzyme called cystolic calcium-dependent phospholipase A2, or cPLA2. This enzyme,...
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