Taking a daily multivitamin might help older adults remember things better and think more clearly, based on a summary of three big studies—but we haven’t seen the full details yet.

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Effect of multivitamin‐mineral supplementation on change in cognitive function in the COSMOS Clinical subcohort and meta‐analysis of COSMOS cognition studies

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Effect of multivitamin‐mineral supplementation on change in cognitive function in the COSMOS Clinical subcohort and meta‐analysis of COSMOS cognition studies

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DOI: 10.1002/alz.075873

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Taking a daily multivitamin might make your brain act as if it’s two years younger, based on a big study of older adults.

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Taking a daily multivitamin for two years helped older adults (60+) remember things a little better and think more clearly—though the improvement was small.

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Taking a daily vitamin and mineral pill for two years might help older adults think more clearly and remember things better—like turning back their brain’s clock by two years.

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Taking a daily vitamin and mineral pill for two years might help older adults think a little sharper—like their brain is two years younger than it would’ve been without the pills.

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Taking a daily multivitamin might slightly help your memory and thinking as you age, but the evidence isn’t strong enough to say for sure—it’s like a tiny nudge in the right direction that could just be luck.

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