The wonder of a single multivitamin each day!
Not everyone likes to take a handful of pills, but using a daily multivitamin supplement makes a lot of sense. It is basic and
beneficial, especially in terms of delivering B
vitamins which are described to assist with cognitive
decline and memory in older folks. Nutrition is important. Hollstrom & Associates Inc encourages our
Largo chiropractic patients to share with us their
daily multivitamin to ensure that it has all the proper
minerals and vitamins!
MULTIVITAMIN BENEFIT
Multivitamin supplementation may be quite minimal and easy
as well as quite effective. A recent systematic research literature review on the effects
of high-dose, B-complex multivitamin supplementation showed support
for the benefit of such supplementation in healthy and
at-risk participants in terms of mental (like felt
stress, concentration, general mental health, reduced
anxiety), physical, and energy outcomes. (1) Daily multivitamin use compared
with placebo increased older adults’ memory. At one-year follow-up, older multivitamin users showed
significantly superior immediate recall. The researchers estimated
that this multivitamin use boosted memory performance
by the equivalent of 3.1 years of aged-related memory change. That’s an important change! Additionally,
the researchers reported that participants
still used the multivitamins on a routine
basis: 94.4% at 6 months and 91.8%
at 1 year. That’s pretty good! It’s essential
to take the multivitamin every day to get the most
benefit. Blood samples that were obtained in
a subset of participants found 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 greater
than those who didn’t. (2) Another study showed
similar outcomes that taking a multivitamin for 3 years improved
episodic memory, global cognition, and executive function in older adults. Those
with cardiovascular disease seemed to benefit more than those who didn’t have
that. (3) This is promising for those with
cardiovascular disease to make a daily routine of taking a
multivitamin with B vitamins! Hollstrom & Associates Inc and you will have a chat
at your next Largo chiropractic appointment 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 utilizes B vitamins to create
new cells, especially 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 form of natural B9 folate. Look for these. A good multivitamin
with the B vitamins may be your friend! We can talk about yours.
CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr James Cox on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
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.
Schedule your Largo chiropractic
appointment today. We’ll discuss how just one
multivitamin a day can benefit you in so many ways like with your memory
and cognition!