Book Reviews

The effect of antioxidant supplementation in the treatment of epilepsy

“…In small trial using vitamin E in 24 children aged 5-18 years with refractory epilepsy, treatment of 12 children with vitamin E, 400 IU/d, over 3 months improve seizure control in 10 children, indicated by a reduction in seizure frequency of greater than 60% compared with a 3 months run-in baseline period 11 . Some other studies also showed that vitamin E supplementation reduced seizure frequency, although no improvement was seen in other studies 19 .…”

“…Vitamin C is an exogenous antioxidant able to alter the brain oxidative stress. In one study found that vitamin c increase the latency to first seizure and decrease the mortality rate and lipid peroxidation levels in adult rats with seizures induced by pilocarpine 19 .…”

Effect of a Fructose Rich Diet in Vas Deferens Contractility in Rats

“…Fructose is one of the important carbohydrate which is not easily metabolized in mammals. The proportional increase in fructose consumption far exceeds the increases in intake of other food groups such as carbonated beverages and other sweetened drinks, baked goods, candies, canned fruits, jams, jellies and dairy products (11,15). The food industry often prefers carbohydrate, particularly fructose to sucrose since they are inexpensive to produce and transport, and fructose mixes well in many foods.…”

“…Several short-term clinical studies have shown that small amounts of fructose have no deleterious effects on metabolism (13,14). Because natural fructose find in relatively small amounts in fruits and vegetables, it is not severe harmful to consume even it be excluded from standart diets (15). High amounts of fructose consumption have been shown to cause hypertriglyceridemia, hyperuricemia and induce insulin resistance.…”