Monday, October 20, 2008
B vitamins no help in slowing Alzheimer's: study
In a recent study done looking at Alzheimer's patients their was no coloration in slowing the effect of Alzheimer's with a high intake of vitamin B. It was an 18 month study and they found that those that did take the vitamin had lower homocysteine levels, but their cognitive test scores for memory and language didn't improve much, compared with those who took placebos. There were 340 participants who were involved in the trial, 202 took high-dose supplements and the rest took placebos. It was noted that "vitamin supplements are meant to maintain health, not to prevent or treat disease."
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That sounds like an interesting study. You would think that vitamin B would at least provide some type of ease for the disease, but apparently not. I guess we should make sure we keep up on those vitamins now while we're young as a mode of prevention!
why was it suggested that vit B might help ease alzheimer's? Was there other suggestions or studies that had different findings?
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