Friday Favorites: Can Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Prevent Alzheimer’s?

The Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease by Vitamin E and Selenium trial randomized more than 7,500 older men to take vitamin E, selenium, both, or neither (just placebos) for five years.

For more on brain health and vitamins, see my video Preventing Brain Loss with B Vitamins? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-brain-loss-with-b-vitamins/).

Does Lion’s Mane Mushroom Powder Have Benefits for Dementia? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-lions-mane-mushroom-powder-have-benefits-for-dementia/). Watch the video to find out.

For more on Alzheimer’s, check out How to Prevent Alzheimer’s with Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-prevent-alzheimers-with-diet/) and Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s Disease (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/cholesterol-and-alzheimers-disease/).

“Preserving Your Mind” is the largest chapter of my book How Not to Age (https://nutritionfacts.org/book/how-not-to-age/). Check it out from your local public library, or listen to me read it on audiobook. (All proceeds I receive from the sales of all my books go to charity.)

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