You're Not Just Getting Older
You're Getting Dumber
Folic acid supplements may help improve the memory and brain power of people over 50, a new study suggests.
Cognitive function such as memory and processing information quickly declines with age and has been linked to risk of dementia in old age.
Previous researchers have suggested that low folate in the blood may be linked to poor cognitive performance.
To test the idea, Jane Durga of Wageningen University in the Netherlands and her colleagues at the Nestle Research Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland, randomly assigned 818 people between the ages of 50 and 70 to take 800 micrograms of folic acid or a placebo orally each day for three years.
