Some forms of vascular dementia are characterised by a series of minor strokes caused by reduction of or intermittent supply of blood to areas of the brain.

In the heart, treatment for this condition can include stents and bypass surgery. However, surgery to improve the blood supply within the brain is more difficult. This means alternative nutritional approaches are important.

A study on 121 volunteers by Goplan (2014) has shown that supplementation with mixed Vitamin E tocotrienols were found to reduce the number of white brain matter lesions.

The process is thought to be a result of the brain cells being better protected from intermittent lack of blood supply, rather than an increase in blood supply to the cells.

You can access the abstract by following the link: http://stroke.ahajournals.org/content/early/2014/04/03/STROKEAHA.113.004449.short