The wonder of a single multivitamin each day!
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 delivering B
vitamins which are reported to assist with cognitive
decline and memory in older folks. Nutrition is important. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation encourages our
Carrolltown chiropractic patients to show us their
daily multivitamin to be sure it has all the right
minerals and vitamins!
MULTIVITAMIN BENEFIT
Multivitamin supplementation may be quite minimal and easy
as well as quite effective. A new systematic review
of research literature on the effects
of high-dose, B-complex multivitamin supplementation resulted in support
for the benefit of such supplementation in healthy and
at-risk participants in terms of mental (like sensed
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 one-year follow-up, older multivitamin users showed
significantly improved immediate recall. The researchers estimated
that this multivitamin use enhanced memory performance
by the equivalent of 3.1 years of aged-related memory alteration. That’s a worthwhile change! Additionally,
the researchers documented 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 essential
to take the multivitamin every day to get the best effect. Blood samples that were obtained from
a subset of participants showed increases 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 better
than those who did not. (2) Another study reported
similar outcomes that taking a multivitamin for 3 years increased
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! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation and you will have a chat
at your next Carrolltown chiropractic visit about your
cognition, your age, your multivitamin supplement routine, your multivitamin
quality, and the positives of multivitamin
supplementation for you!
WHAT’S WITH B VITAMINS?
The body uses B vitamins to make
new cells, particularly red blood cells. B9 is folate, the
natural form of B9 (in contrast 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 Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
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 Carrolltown 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!