A recent study has revealed that older individuals who take a daily multivitamin perform better on memory tests than those who take a placebo. The study suggests that a daily multivitamin may slow down the rate of memory decline in older people, marking the third randomized trial to produce such findings. This adds to the growing body of evidence supporting the idea that multivitamins could have a positive impact on cognitive deterioration associated with aging.
JoAnn Manson, associated with Harvard Medical School and involved in all three trials, emphasized the significance of the results. "The result is equivalent to slowing cognitive aging by two years, which is a considerable amount," she stated. The trials were part of a larger study investigating whether taking a multivitamin or a cocoa extract supplement could prevent heart disease or cancer in individuals aged 60 or older. The study was funded by the manufacturer of the cocoa supplements.
In this particular trial, 573 participants were given either the multivitamin, known as Centrum Silver, or placebo tablets. Memory tests were conducted at the beginning of the study and two years later. The individuals taking the multivitamin showed a modest improvement in memory tests compared to those taking the placebo tablets. Similar results were found in two other branches of the larger study, which administered memory tests online or over the phone.
JoAnn Manson believes that these findings suggest that multivitamins could be a promising and affordable strategy to safeguard memory and slow down cognitive aging in older adults. However, it remains unclear which components of the multivitamin are responsible for these benefits.
Duane Mellor, associated with the British Dietetic Association, urges caution in interpreting the results. Since the trial wasn't specifically designed to investigate memory effects, he calls for further research to address this question. "We need to treat the results cautiously; it's not definitive research," Mellor advises.
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