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Article: Folate works with vitamin [B.sub.12] to protect cognitive function.
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- December 22, 2005
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Folate and vitamin [B.sub.12], two important nutrients for the development of healthy nerves and blood cells, may work together to protect cognitive function among older adults, according to results from a new epidemiological study. The findings also suggested that low vitamin [B.sub.12] status was associated with increased cognitive impairment.
Martha Savaria Morris, Ph.D., an epidemiologist at the Jean Mayer U.S.D.A. Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, said:
"We found a strong relationship between high folate status and good cognitive function among people 60 and older who also had adequate ...