Max Lugavere

They found that taking a multivitamin significantly improved cognitive function and reduced cognitive decline equivalent to about two years of cognitive aging over about a three-year period, if I recall correctly.

And that was the...

Cosmos Mind Trial.

So that study looked at the use of cocoflavanols and a multivitamin.

They found that the cocoflavanols didn't really have much of an effect in that population, but the multivitamin did seem to be protective to some degree and helped to provide a cognitive boosting effect for this population that was otherwise at risk for a cognitive decline.

So

You know, and these are older adults.

Older adults tend to not have the best diets necessarily.

And so, you know, you just want to be kind of mindful of that.

You don't want to necessarily take mega doses of vitamins, but a good multivitamin, you know, makes sense.

You don't have to overspend.

But there is data there now, thanks to the Cosmos Mind Trial, that suggests that for older adults, a multivitamin might help to support brain health, which is...

Which is great.

You know, we've got so little tools in the toolkit otherwise that I'm just always, it makes me very optimistic when we hear studies about relatively low cost interventions that can easily be integrated into your, you know, your morning routine, popping a multivitamin or popping a B complex or taking a handful of omega-3 fatty acids.

Yeah, it's great.

So those would be my three, I think, when it comes to supplements that can potentially help.

Um, lower risk for Alzheimer's disease.

No supplement, um, is going to outperform a bad diet, a sedentary lifestyle.

Uh, but I'll make a three fatty acids for the right person.

B vitamins for the right person, um, with vitamin B six folate and B 12 and, um, and a simple, simple multivitamin.