The wonder of a single daily multivitamin!
Not everyone likes to take a handful of pills, but using a daily multivitamin supplement makes a lot of sense. It is basic and
beneficial, especially in terms of delivering B
vitamins which are reported to assist with cognitive
decline and memory in older adults. Nutrition is important. Layden Chiropractic encourages our
Plainville chiropractic patients to show us their
daily multivitamin to ensure that it has all the proper
minerals and vitamins!
MULTIVITAMIN BENEFIT
Multivitamin supplementation may be quite minimal and easy
and yet quite effective. A new systematic review
of research literature 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 perceived
stress, concentration, overall mental health, reduced
anxiety), physical, and energy outcomes. (1) Daily multivitamin use compared
with placebo enhanced the memory
in older adults. At 1-year follow-up, older multivitamin users demonstrated
significantly improved immediate recall. The researchers approximated
that this multivitamin use improved memory performance
by the equivalent of 3.1 years of aged-related memory alteration. That
is a worthy change! Additionally,
the researchers documented that participants
still used the multivitamins routinely: 94.4% at 6 months and 91.8%
at 1 year. That’s pretty good! It’s important
to take the multivitamin every day to get the best effect. Blood samples that were taken 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 said 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 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 without. (3) This is promising for those with
cardiovascular disease to take a
multivitamin with B vitamins! Layden Chiropractic and you will have a talk
at your next Plainville chiropractic visit about your
cognition, your age, your multivitamin supplement routine, your multivitamin
quality, and the benefits of multivitamin
supplementation for you!
WHY B VITAMINS?
The body uses B vitamins to create
new cells, particularly red blood cells. B9 is folate, the
natural form of B9 (in contrast to the synthetic version referred
to 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 Layden Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr James Cox on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses
the important role of B vitamins in a specific spinal
condition known as myelopathy and its neck and arm pain that may be treated
with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Plainville chiropractic
appointment soon. We’ll talk about how just one
multivitamin a day can benefit you in so many ways like with your memory
and cognition!