Want To Have A Strong Memory Until Old? Pay Attention To Vitamin D!

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JAKARTA - Decreased memory can be a sign of dementia and you need to know that dementia is different from senility. Dementia refers to reduced ability to remember, think or make decisions that affect daily activities.

Recently a large-scale study of dementia symptoms which has been studied for a long time was revealed in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.

A total of 12,388 people in the United States with no signs of dementia participated in the study. The mean age of participants at entry to the study was 71 years. This research shows that taking vitamin D can help prevent dementia.

Overall, 75% of study participants who were not taking vitamin D would develop dementia within 10 years, and 25% of people who were taking vitamin D also had dementia.

"We know that vitamin D has several effects on the brain that can have an impact on reducing the risk of dementia," said Zahinoor Ismail, a research team from the University of Calgary and the University of Exeter as quoted from WebMD, Thursday, March 2.

The journal also mentions that more than 50 million people worldwide suffer from dementia, and this number will increase threefold by 2050.

Researchers also suggest that maintaining vitamin D intake by taking supplements earlier, before cognitive decline occurs, may provide a protective benefit from dementia.

"Overall, we found evidence to suggest that keeping supplements early is beneficial prior to cognitive decline," added Zahinoor Ismail.