"You Had Hair Transplants?" people are always incredulously asking GARY COCHRAN, owner of Beau Jacks Restaurant... Vitamin E Is Top Nutrient how many words a child under- stands, whereas genetic and en- vironmental factors influence how much a kid talks. "Some children are born to be Vitamin E was named the top nu- trient of 1996 by the Council for chatty while others are born to be Responsible Nutrition. The fat- reticent about sharing their grow- soluble vitamin also won praise ing vocabulary knowledge," says from the American Heart Associ- Yale psychologist J. Steven Reznick. "Don't worry about the ation. "Vitamin E appears to prevent child who is not talking too much coronary heart disease, a disease if that child seems to understand caused by fatty plaque clogging what he or she hears and is asked the arteries that feed the heart," to do." Talkativeness is at least par- says Jan Breslow, M.D., president of the association. Breslow cites tially a matter of genetics, and re- searchers estimate that 10 several studies in '96 percent to 15 percent of children that show anti-oxidant are born shy and vitamin E may prevent remain shy as the disease. they grow. Shy Although one !raN1/4v j kids tend to study found that cling to their dietary levels mothers and of vitamin E are reluctant to may be pro- L. 0 , k talk and join oth- tective, most er children in play groups. show the Parents often urge reticent benefits coming from toddlers to talk a lot when vitamin supplements. In one what really matters is de- study, 1,000 heart disease termining how much the patients were given daily child actually un- doses of 800 or 400 in- derstands. ternational units for "A child's en- 18 months vironment in- (another fluences word 1,000 pa- comprehen- , dents took a placebo). The patients who took vitamin E sion, but there is no evidence that had 75 percent fewer new heart talking more than normal will in- crease word comprehension," says attacks than those who didn't. Reznick. "A constant barrage of A review of current scientific evidence in the Journal of the words would likely only confuse a American Medical Association toddler." Chatty parents, however, offer points to the importance of sup- a child environmental and genet- plements to get doses of vitamin ic encouragement to talk more. E that will offer benefits. But the "Talkative parents provide a rich American Heart Association still linguistic environment that en- maintains that healthy people are hances language development, better off getting their nutrients from food rather than supple- but they also provide a genetic ments. However, you'd have to eat impetus toward talkativeness," 7 cups of peanuts, 2 cups of corn says Reznick. El oil or 19 cups of spinach a day in order to get 100 IU of vitamin E - Copley News Service the minimum amount re- searchers consider protective. The Council for Responsible Nutrition advocates a two- pronged approach: Eat a healthy diet and take a vitamin E sup- It's common knowledge among plement. O athletic circles that living at a high altitude increases the Copley News Service body's ability to store oxygen in the blood, which improves aer- obic capacity. That's why many athletes choose to train in the mountains and partly why ath- letes raised in high-altitude re- Parents of quiet toddlers shouldn't gions of Mexico and Kenya worry too much, especially if the make such strong long-distance child appears to understand what runners. In an effort to duplicate this he or she hears. 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