Take Vitamin B12 to Avoid Brain Shrinkage as You Age

A new study published this week in Neurology divided subjects into three groups, based on their levels of vitamin B12, and followed them for five years with annual scans and physical and mental examinations.The group with the lowest levels of vitamin B12 lost twice as much brain volume as those with the highest levels. Here’s the bottom line: Make sure you have an adequate intake of vitamin B12. You can find it in meat and eggs or with a daily supplement. 


This is some text prior to the author information. You can change this text from the admin section of WP-Gravatar Maegan Carberry is a Los Angeles-based opinion journalist and consultant who specializes in politics, media and the so-called spoiled Millennial Generation. Read more from this author


One Response to “Take Vitamin B12 to Avoid Brain Shrinkage as You Age”

  1. Elaine Says:

    this frustrates me, what does “adequate intake” mean?

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