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Folates Best at Preventing Alzheimer's
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In their work the researchers used data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, to identify the relationship between dietary factors and Alzheimer's disease risk.

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Of the original 579 participants, 57 ultimately developed Alzheimer's disease, but the researchers found that those with a higher intake of folates, vitamin E and vitamin B6 shared lower comparative rates of the disease.

However when the three vitamins were analyzed together, only folates were associated with a significantly decreased risk.

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But it seems that most people who reached that level did so by taking folic acid supplements, which suggests that many people do not get the recommended amounts of folates in their diets


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