A new study recently published in the European Journal of Nutrition was undertaken to find the association between daily Magnesium intake and the development of brain volumes and white matter lesions in the middle of early old age. Over 6,000 cognitively healthy individuals between the ages of 40 and 73 years of age participated in…
A new research study has found the supplementation of Cranberry may boost memory and keep dementia at bay while also reducing bad cholesterol. 60 individuals between the ages of 50 and 80 years participated in this parallel randomized placebo-controlled trial. The study lasted 12 weeks. Half the participants were given freeze-dried Cranberry (equivalent to 100…
A new study published in the journal Nutrients found reductions in the overall risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease was found with higher levels of DHA. Data was gathered from the Framingham Offspring Cohort study which was established in 1971 as a follow up to a study which was begun in 1948. The original study goals…
A new research study has found the supplementation of Cranberry may boost memory and keep dementia at bay while also reducing bad cholesterol. 60 individuals between the ages of 50 and 80 years participated in this parallel randomized placebo-controlled trial. The study lasted 12 weeks. Half the participants were given freeze-dried Cranberry (equivalent to 100…
A new study found supplementing with Bacopa Monnieri Extract may improve measures of executive functioning and cognitive flexibility in children. Over 100 male children including adolescents were recruited to participate in this double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study. Participants had elevated levels of inattention and/or hyperactivity. The boys were randomly assigned to receive a supplement of Bacopa…
According to a pooled analysis of two randomized placebo controlled studies, older people with mild Cognitive Impairment saw significant cognitive benefits when supplementing with B Vitamins. Data from over 500 people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) from 2 separate studies was analyzed. The study results showed that B Vitamins significantly reduced brain atrophy. Additionally the…
A new study, The Cares Study (Cognitive Impairements Study), found that combining Omega-3, Carotenoids like Lutein and Vitamin E could improve memory in cognitively healthy older adults. Researcher’s recruited cognitively healthy adults over the age of 65 to participate in this double blind placebo controlled randomized clinical study. The study lasted 24 months. Participants were…
A new study found taking a Multivitamin daily for 3 years, was associated with a 60% reduction in Cognitive aging, especially in participants with Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). This placebo-controlled study was a sub-study of a larger trial which compared the effects of a Multivitamin-Mineral (MVM) and cocoa extract (500 mg/day cocoa flavanols) to a placebo…
A new study published in the European Journal of Nutrition found Vitamin C supplementation improved attention, work motivation, and reaction time in young adults. 50 adults between the ages of 20 and 39, who did not currently use any Vitamin C supplements and who had a Vitamin C blood serum concentrations below 50 umol/L, participated…
A new study shows supplements containing L-Theanine may improve measures of cognitive function like memory and attention in older and middle aged adults. Almost 70 middle aged and older men and women participated in this double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled study. The study lasted for 12 weeks. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either a 100.6…