One multivitamin supplement a day. That makes things simple!
Not everyone likes to take a lot of pills, but using a daily multivitamin supplement makes a lot of sense. It’s basic and
beneficial, specifically in terms of getting B
vitamins which are described to assist with cognitive
decline and memory in older folks. Nutrition is important. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn encourages our
Ashburn chiropractic patients to show us their
daily multivitamin to ensure that it has all the right
minerals and vitamins!
MULTIVITAMIN BENEFIT
Multivitamin supplementation may be quite simple
and yet quite effective. A new systematic research literature review on the effects
of high-dose, B-complex multivitamin supplementation resulted in backing the benefit of such supplementation in healthy and
at-risk participants in terms of mental (like sensed
stress, concentration, overall mental health, reduced
anxiety), physical, and energy outcomes. (1) Daily multivitamin use compared
with placebo boosted older adults’ memory. At 1-year follow-up, older multivitamin users demonstrated
significantly better immediate recall. The researchers approximated
that this multivitamin use enhanced memory performance
by the equivalent of 3.1 years of aged-related memory alteration. That’s a worthy change! Further,
the researchers reported that participants
still took the multivitamins routinely: 94.4% at 6 months and 91.8%
at 1 year. That is great! It’s important
to take the multivitamin every day to get the most
benefit. Blood samples that were taken from
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 commented 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 greater
than those who did not. (2) Another study reported
similar outcomes that taking a multivitamin for 3 years enhanced
episodic memory, global cognition, and executive function in older adults. Participants
with cardiovascular disease seemed to benefit more than those who didn’t have
that. (3) This is promising for those with
cardiovascular disease to take a
multivitamin with B vitamins! Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn and you will have a talk
at your next Ashburn chiropractic visit about your
cognition, your age, your multivitamin supplement routine, your multivitamin
quality, and the advantages of multivitamin
supplementation for you!
WHAT’S WITH B VITAMINS?
The body utilizes B vitamins to create
new cells, especially red blood cells. B9 is folate, the
natural form of B9 (in contrast 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 Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr James Cox on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
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 Ashburn chiropractic
appointment soon. We’ll discuss how just one
multivitamin a day can help you in so many ways like with your memory
and cognition!