B vitamins may delay brain shrinkage

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Brain Shrinkage: 5 Keys To Prevent It And Become A Super Ager

The following is key no. 4.

4. Supplements/Probiotics

Just as vitamin B-12 is important in the foods we eat, B vitamin supplements can also battle brain shrinkage.

A University of Oxford study investigated this by dividing 156 older adults into groups who took B vitamins daily and those who didn’t over a period of two years.

MRI brain scans showed that the vitamin B group had significantly less brain shrinkage, suggesting that B vitamins might help delay brain atrophy or even increase brain size.

A similar study was done by the University of Illinois with remarkably similar results. This study like the Oxford one, indicates that vitamin B helps to keep down the blood levels of the homocysteine amino acid, associated with brain shrinkage as well as heart disease and strokes.

Fermented foods and probiotic supplements help promote the production of the entire B vitamin group, which is produced continually within your gut. Probiotics are good bacteria that help keep your digestive system healthy by controlling growth of harmful bacteria. Yogurt and organically grown raw foods are excellent sources of probiotics. Then there are prebiotics that act as a kind of fertilizer for the probiotics. A new supplement range by Natural Doctor also offers neuronal balance and vitalization.