Consumption Of Multivitamins Every Day Able To Protect Memory

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JAKARTA - A new study from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that it consumes multivitamin or multi-mineral supplements every day. Capable of increasing memory in older adults over a three-year period. This research involved more than 3,500 adults over the age of 60, researchers randomly assign participants to consume multivitamin supplements every day for three years. At the beginning of the study and at the end of each year, participants conducted online cognitive tests at home to assess their short-term memory.

At the end of the first year, the two groups experienced an increase in memory, but the group that consumed multivitamins every day experienced a greater increase. The researchers estimate that changes to multivitamin groups, which were maintained during three years of research, are equivalent to about three years of age-related memory reduction.

However, the increase was simple and the data did not take into account the long term. People who consume multivitamins every day are also found to experience an increase in their overall cognition, memory and executive functions. This new study is part of a large clinical trial called COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS).

The results were published May 24 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. One of the limits of this study is that the majority of participants are white and have higher education. So the results may not apply to other groups.