Share on Facebook
Taking vitamin B12 could help reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
The vitamin appears to block the buildup of amyloid beta, a toxic protein that is seen in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
The discovery has been inspired by wiggling worms. Apparently, even worms can get Alzheimer’s and when they do, they stop wriggling. Amyloid beta can paralyse a worm in just 36 hours, but others that are fed a similar diet carry on wriggling—and it’s all to do with their levels of vitamin B12, researchers from the University of Delaware have discovered.
Although it’s difficult to isolate the impact of the vitamin on complex humans, it’s easy to see in the worms.
And the vitamin could help reduce the chances of developing other neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s.
Although we can’t change our age or our genetic inheritance, we can do something about our diet and the supplements we take. “One thing you can control is what you eat. If people could change their diet to affect the onset of disease, that would be fantastic,” said Jessica Tanis, one of the researchers.
(Source: Cell Reports, 2021; doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109753)
https://www.wddty.com/news/vitamin-b12-is-key-to-keeping-alzheimers-at-bay/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=wddty&utm_content=The+vitamin+keeping+Alzheimers+at+bay+&utm_campaign=FREE+MEMBERS+enews+-+%28The+vitamin+keeping+Alzheimers+at+bay%29+12.10.2021
