Friday, October, 23, 2009
Vitamin B To Help Memory Loss
September 09, 2008
Researchers at the University of Oxford have found that vitamin B-12 may help protect against memory loss in old age. The study, which looked at 107 healthy volunteers over a five year period, found that those with the highest levels of B-12 were six times less likely to experience the type of brain shrinkage linked to dementia than those with below-average levels. Researchers point out that adjusting the diet to include more meat, fish, and dairy products may be an easy way to up the body's B-1...
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