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Seniors with squiffed levels of trans fats in their blood fared worse on doubtless thinking tests than those with lower levels of the unhealthy fats, and also had more brains shrinkage.
Researchers said the findings suggest that nutrients labour "in synergy" with one another to be protective of brain health.
"For people with a vitamin study high in B, C, D, E, those particular nutrients seem to be working together on some level," said tempt a prepare study author Gene Bowman, an assistant professor in the concern of neurology at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. "Having boisterous scores for those vitamins was associated with better cognitive function and larger thought volume."
The study is published in the Dec. 28 online edition and the Jan. 24 type issue of the journal Neurology.
In the study, researchers measured levels of more than 30 nutrients in the blood of 104 people with an common age of 87. Overall, participants were well-educated, healthy nonsmokers who had extent few chronic diseases and were free of memory and thinking problems. Researchers also did MRI scans of 42 participants to spread around their brain volume.
Source: USA TODAY