Last week, British researchers published an article about the effect of B vitamins on the atrophy of grey matter as a result of Alzheimer’s disease.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper discussed an initial randomized controlled study in which researchers studied elderly participants who had an increased risk of dementia. They showed that high-dose B-vitamin treatment (including folic acid, B6, and B12) slowed the shrinkage of whole brain volume over a 2-year period.
The researchers in this new study took the initial results further by demonstrating that this same treatment using B vitamins can reduce cerebral atrophy of grey matter by as much as 7 times in the areas connected to the Alzheimer‘s process.
This is encouraging and supports ongoing research that good nutrition is key to good mental health.
On a related note, did you know EMPowerplus contains folic acid, B6, and B12?