A
single multivitamin supplement daily. That makes things easy!
Not everyone likes to take a handful of pills, but taking
a multivitamin supplement makes a lot of sense. It’s basic and
beneficial, specifically in terms of getting B
vitamins which are reported to assist with cognitive
decline and memory in older adults. Nutrition is important. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC encourages our
La Grande chiropractic patients to share with us their
daily multivitamin to be sure it has all the proper
minerals and vitamins!
MULTIVITAMIN BENEFIT
Multivitamin supplementation may be quite minimal and easy
and yet quite effective. A recent systematic research literature review on the effects
of high-dose, B-complex multivitamin supplementation resulted in backing the advantage of such supplementation in healthy and
at-risk participants in terms of mental (like felt
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 estimated
that this multivitamin use improved memory performance
by the equivalent of 3.1 years of aged-related memory change. That’s a worthy change! Additionally,
the researchers recorded that participants
still took the multivitamins on a routine
basis: 94.4% at 6 months and 91.8%
at 1 year. Not bad! It’s important
to take the multivitamin every day to get the best effect. Blood samples that were obtained in
a subset of participants showed 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 who
had a history of cardiovascular disease were greater
than those who didn’t. (2) Another study showed
similar outcomes that taking a multivitamin for 3 years improved
episodic memory, global cognition, and executive function in older adults. Participants
with cardiovascular disease seemed to benefit more than those without. (3) This is encouraging of those with
cardiovascular disease to take a
multivitamin with B vitamins! Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC and you will have a chat
at your next La Grande 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 uses B vitamins to make
new cells, especially red blood cells. B9 is folate, the
natural form of B9 (as opposed to the synthetic version known as folic acid) the body can use in circulation. Methyltetrahydrofolate
(5-MTHF) is a water-soluble type of natural B9 folate. Look for these. A good multivitamin
with the B vitamins may be your friend! We can talk about yours.
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
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 La Grande chiropractic
appointment now. We’ll discuss how just one
multivitamin a day can benefit you in so many ways like with your memory
and cognition!