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Do daily vitamins help older brains remember better?

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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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Summary

Scientists gave older people daily multivitamins or fake pills for two years and tested their memory and thinking skills.

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Summary

Scientists gave older people daily multivitamins or fake pills for two years and tested their memory and thinking skills.

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Publication

Journal

Alzheimer's & Dementia

Year

2023

Authors

Chirag M. Vyas, P. Rist, H. Sesso, Joann E Manson, Olivia I. Okereke

Open Access

DOI:10.1002/alz.075873

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Claims (4)

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.

Taking a daily multivitamin for two years might help older adults remember things like names or where they put their keys just a little better than not taking one — it’s a tiny boost, but it’s real.

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.

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.