Interestingly, the researchers also found that increased intakes of other carotenoids, vitamin C and alpha- or gamma-tocopherol (the two most common types of vitamin E in the diet), had no influence on the risk of cardiovascular-related death.

Heinerman, a research at the University of California, Berkeley, showed that gamma-tocopherol prevented nitrogen oxides from causing inflammation in the body, which alter cell's DNA.

8) Here is a quote directly from the flawed study: "Moreover, PHS II and other prevention trials have used alpha-tocopherol, whereas the gamma-tocopherol isomer also may have a role in cardiovascular disease prevention because it has greater efficacy than alpha-tocopherol to inhibit lipid peroxidation and it may be suppressed in the presence of alpha-tocopherol.