Vitamin B Could Stave Off Alzheimers Disease:
Elderly people could stave off Alzheimer's disease by taking Vitamin B supplements because they reduce brain shrinkage associated with the disease by up to 90 per cent, a study suggests.
Consuming vitamins B6, B12 and folic acid can lower levels of homocysteine, an amino acid linked to shrinkage of the brain in conditions like Alzheimer's disease.
This article struck a chord with me, so I thought I would post it for my fellow Boomers.
I've been using vitamin supplements since I was a child, my mother started me on them because I was a fussy eater. I kept using them in adulthood because I never ate well balanced meals, and felt that they would augment my poor diet.
I took a lot of ribbing from friends and family who felt that vitamin supplements were "just pissing money down the drain." Well I proved them wrong. After many years of smoking, drinking, and carousing around, I have reached the ripe old age of 69. I passed my last physical with flying colors and I feel just fine. I do a 2 1/2 mile walk most mornings. I just loaded a Dual Boot Android-Linux Operating system on my test computer, and finished the daily crossword puzzle without a dictionary.
Now if I could only find my damn car keys.....................
