Can a multivitamin maintain the health of your brain?

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 According to a recent study, taking a daily multivitamin may help older persons' memory.

Every day, millions of individuals take multivitamins. Some people think of it as a kind  of insurance in the event that their diet is missing a necessary vitamin. Others think it will prevent illness by enhancing immunity, enhancing brain health, or controlling metabolism. These notions are understandable given that advertisements frequently make broad health claims without providing sufficient facts to support them.

Multivitamins have been shown to have at best mixed effects on health. For instance, the US Preventive Services Task Force, a leading expert on preventive medicine, reviewed 90 of the best studies on vitamins and supplements this year and came to the conclusion that the products did not shield healthy adults without nutritional deficiencies from cardiovascular disease, cancer, or all-cause mortality.

Could studies using various dosages, combinations of supplements, or populations lead to a different conclusion? Yes, in fact, a recent study that concentrated on memory and brain function suggests that may have already happened.



Can elderly folks' brain health be enhanced by taking a multivitamin every day?

There are currently few ways to enhance brain health. For instance, consistent exercise, maintaining a healthy weight, and eating a heart-healthy diet can enhance cardiovascular health and reduce the risk of developing some types of dementia, such as dementia brought on by strokes. Despite claims made in commercials, no currently available drugs, supplements, or treatments reliably improve brain function over the long term outside of such sensible measures.

Researchers are still looking into the potential benefits of particular meals and supplements for this reason. More than 2,200 volunteers aged 65 and older participated in a new study that was recently published in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia. They were randomised to receive cocoa, a multivitamin, or both over the course of three years. Centrum Silver, a multivitamin with 27 vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients in varying concentrations, was selected for this study.

When cognitive tests were assessed at the conclusion of the study, those taking cocoa showed no improvement. However, individuals who were instructed to take a multivitamin got better results on tests of

1.general brain activity (especially in people with cardiovascular disease)

2.memory

3.executive capability (tasks such as planning ahead or remembering instructions).

The researchers calculated that three years of multivitamin use could delay the age-related decline in brain function by as much as 60% based on these results.

Do we need to take multivitamins as a group?

The results of this study do not support the routine use of multivitamins by individuals of all ages. It's possible that the advantages for older persons observed in this study were brought on by nutrient inadequacies in some of the study subjects. Because it wasn't included within the study, we are unsure if this is accurate.

It's also possible that the benefits described here are insignificant, diminish with time, or have no impact on preventing prevalent forms of dementia. Furthermore, it is difficult to discount a previous larger and longer-lasting randomised, placebo-controlled experiment that demonstrated no change in brain function among male physicians 65 and older.

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