Reduction Of Risk Of Alzheimer’s Disease Coincides With Vitamin B12

In the October 19, 2010 issue of Neurology, a medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, studies show that vitamin B12 may protect against Alzheimer’s disease. This adds more evidence to a debate in the science community about whether vitamin B12 is effective in the reduction of memory loss.

Researchers who conducted the study exclaim the importance of the investigating the relationship between Alzheimer’s disease and vitamin B12. Furthermore, researchers go on to say that low levels of vitamin B12 are common in the senior community; however, there have been few studies that have examined how beneficial vitamin B12 supplements are in the reduction of memory loss.

The seven year study found that each micromolar increase in the in the concentration of homocysteine, an amino acid associated with vitamin B12, the risk of Alzheimer’s disease increased by 16 percent, whereas each picomolar increase in concentration of the active form of vitamin B12 reduced the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by two percent. The results stayed consistent after taking age, gender, smoking status, blood pressure and body mass index.

Many researchers continue to say that more research is needed to validate these findings before vitamin B12 should be used exclusively as a supplement to help protect a person’s memory.

Vitamin B12 is found in fish, poultry and other meat products.

The study was the Swedish Research Council for Medical Research, the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme, the Academy of Finland, the Ragnhild and Einar Lundstroms Minne Lindhes, the Stohnes Foundation, the Gamla Tjanarinnor Foundation and the Dementia Foundation of Sweden.

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