Not having enough vitamin B12 can shrivel your brain. No, really. [Neuroscience]

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Not having enough vitamin B12 can shrivel your brain. No, really. [Neuroscience]

29 Sep

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Anyone ever told you that if you don't get your vitamins, your brain will shrink? No? Well they should. It turns out that having a vitamin B12 deficiency later in life is pretty bad for your grey matter. A group of researchers looked at over-65s from the South Side of Chicago, and measured the amount of vitamin B12 and B12-related metabolites in their blood, their cognitive skills, and took MRIs of them. MoreÂ Â»