Elgin Memory and Cognition Boost with Multivitamin Use
The wonder of a single daily multivitamin! Not everyone likes to take a lot of pills, but using a daily multivitamin supplement makes a lot of sense. It is basic and beneficial, specifically in terms of delivering B vitamins which are described to help with cognitive decline and memory in older folks. Nutrition is important. Connected Chiropractic encourages our Elgin chiropractic patients to show us their daily multivitamin to be sure 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 showed 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 enhanced older adults’ memory. At one-year follow-up, older multivitamin users demonstrated significantly better immediate recall. The researchers estimated that this multivitamin use enhanced memory performance by the equivalent of 3.1 years of aged-related memory change. That is a worthwhile change! Additionally, the researchers reported that participants still used the multivitamins routinely: 94.4% at 6 months and 91.8% at 1 year. That is great! It’s essential to take the multivitamin on a daily basis to get the most benefit. Blood samples that were taken from a subset of participants found rises 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 with a history of cardiovascular disease were higher than those who didn’t. (2) Another study showed similar results 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 who didn’t have that. (3) This is promising for those with cardiovascular disease to take a multivitamin with B vitamins! Connected Chiropractic and you will have a talk at your next Elgin chiropractic appointment about your cognition, your age, your multivitamin supplement routine, your multivitamin quality, and the benefits of multivitamin supplementation for you!
WHAT’S WITH B VITAMINS?
The body utilizes B vitamins to make new cells, particularly red blood cells. B9 is folate, the natural form of B9 (in contrast to the synthetic version known 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 Connected Chiropractic
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 particular spinal condition known as myelopathy and its neck and arm pain that may be treated with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Elgin chiropractic appointment now. We’ll talk about how just one multivitamin a day can help you in so many ways like with your memory and cognition.
