We’re scoring vitamins for brain health according to science. Vitamin C, I would give that a two out of 10. Although it’s good for health, the evidence for vitamin C as a supplement for brain health is actually not there. So, if you want vitamin C, get it in food form. How about vitamin D? Ooh, that’s an important one. I would give it an eight. There was a time when we didn’t think the correlation was strong enough, but now we have a lot of good evidence in multiple different populations that vitamin D is important for brain health and for cognition. And if they are low in vitamin D, it should be replaced as soon as possible because otherwise they’re going to experience cognitive decline. What about vitamin B1 or thamin? I would give it a four out of 10. For general population, there’s no evidence that supplementing B1 is of any benefit for brain health. For those that have nutritional deficiencies or have problems with alcohol where subsequently they get a disease such as Warick’s corsov, it is absolutely essential. But that’s a small percentage of population and if they have the deficiency they would benefit from thin. How about folate? I’d say a five. Folic acid is really important for the central nervous system. It’s very important for pregnant women because the baby’s brain and the central nervous system requires folic acid. For adults, I think we can easily get it from food. If people are deficient, they need it. They should take it. But if they’re not, there’s no need for us to hyperfocus on getting folic acid as a supplement and just get it from food. Fruits and vegetables have folic acid in
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