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Anti-oxidant vitamins and mental performance of the elderly

✍ Scribed by Andrew Smith; Rachel Clark; David Nutt; Jürg Haller; Sheila Hayward; Kate Perry

Book ID
101281976
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
148 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6222

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✦ Synopsis

A double-blind placebo controlled trial was carried out to examine the eects of supplementation with anti-oxidant vitamins on mental performance in the elderly. The participants were assigned to either placebo or vitamin groups and assessed at 4, 8 and 12 months. Blood samples were taken to determine vitamin levels at these times. The results showed little eect of supplementation on mental performance and few associations between plasma levels of the vitamins and mental functioning. These results are in contrast to results from assessment of mood, intelligence and cognitive failure which demonstrated bene®cial eects of increased levels of vitamin C.

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