Daily multivitamins improved the brain function of seniors in a trial — but plenty of questions remain
While pharma companies struggle to show that cutting-edge therapies can treat, prevent, or slow Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, a new study suggests that a far simpler and cheaper tool could improve cognition in seniors: daily multivitamins.
Researchers found that adults 65 and older who took the common multivitamin Centrum Silver over the course of a three-year study showed more improvement on scores of overall cognition and memory than participants who took a placebo. Those benefits seemed to be greatest among those who had a history of cardiovascular disease. In contrast, daily consumption of cocoa extract didn’t show significant benefit, despite positive findings from previous studies.
