One multivitamin supplement daily. That makes things easy!
Not everyone likes to take a handful of pills, but using a daily multivitamin supplement makes a lot of sense. It is basic and
beneficial, especially in terms of getting B
vitamins which are described to assist with cognitive
decline and memory in older folks. Nutrition is important. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center encourages our
Manahawkin chiropractic patients to show us their
daily multivitamin to ensure that it has all the proper
minerals and vitamins!
MULTIVITAMIN BENEFIT
Multivitamin supplementation may be quite minimal and easy
and yet quite effective. A new systematic research literature review on the effects
of high-dose, B-complex multivitamin supplementation showed support
for the benefit of such supplementation in healthy and
at-risk participants in terms of mental (like felt
stress, concentration, general mental health, reduced
anxiety), physical, and energy outcomes. (1) Daily multivitamin use compared
with placebo boosted the memory
in older adults. At 1-year follow-up, older multivitamin users showed
significantly superior immediate recall. The researchers estimated
that this multivitamin use improved memory performance
by the equivalent of 3.1 years of aged-related memory change. That
is a worthy change! Further,
the researchers detailed that participants
still took the multivitamins pretty well: 94.4% at 6 months and 91.8%
at 1 year. Not bad! It’s important
to take the multivitamin on a daily basis to get the most
benefit. Blood samples that were obtained in
a subset of participants found increases in folate,
vitamin B12 and serum 25(OH) vitamin D. One of the study’s co-authors at
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston said that “multivitamin
supplementation holds promise as a safe, accessible, and affordable approach to
protecting cognitive health in older adults.” Outcomes for participants who
had a history of cardiovascular disease were better
than those who didn’t. (2) Another study reported
similar outcomes that taking a multivitamin for 3 years improved
episodic memory, global cognition, and executive function in older adults. Those
with cardiovascular disease seemed to benefit more than those without. (3) This is promising for those with
cardiovascular disease to make a daily routine of taking a
multivitamin with B vitamins! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center and you will have a talk
at your next Manahawkin chiropractic visit about your
cognition, your age, your multivitamin supplement routine, your multivitamin
quality, and the gains of multivitamin
supplementation for you!
WHAT’S WITH B VITAMINS?
The body uses B vitamins to create
new cells, especially red blood cells. B9 is folate, the
natural form of B9 (as opposed to the synthetic version referred
to as folic acid) the body can use in circulation. Methyltetrahydrofolate
(5-MTHF) is a water-soluble form of natural B9 folate. Look for these. A good multivitamin
with the B vitamins may be your friend! We can talk about yours.
CONTACT Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr James Cox on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses
the important role of B vitamins in a specific spinal
condition known as myelopathy and its neck and arm pain that may be treated
with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Manahawkin chiropractic
appointment today. We’ll talk about how just one
multivitamin a day can help you in so many ways like with your memory
and cognition!