Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and already affects roughly one in eight senior citizens in America today. As the Baby Boomer generation moves steadily toward old age, medical professionals and family members are already bracing themselves for a surge in these diagnoses. In fact, as we have reported in the past, research indicates that signs of this cognitive decline have started to make themselves known among people in their 50’s – a much younger age than previously recorded.
These variables have placed an ever-greater priority on Alzheimer’s research, much of which we have covered on this blog in the last year. Recently, NPR reported on a new study led by the Minneapolis Veteran’s Affairs Health Care System that sheds light on a nutrient that may promote brain health. According to the news outlet, taking vitamin E supplements was shown to potentially improve symptoms among individuals battling with the early stages of the condition.
“The study, which was published Tuesday in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that the people taking vitamin E also did better than people taking a placebo or Namenda, [a common medication for people with later stages of Alzheimer’s disease].”
This isn’t to say that men and women with Alzheimer’s disease should go off of their prescribed medications and opt for dietary supplements instead. Rather, it opens up a new avenue of potential treatment that may help stem the tide of this destructive and often devastating disorder by providing much needed nutrition for the mind.
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