Alzheimer's Disease and Vitamins

[James Marusek 5,244]

Although this research is not about gastric bypass surgery, I thought it is relavant because of

1. Patients who undergo RNY gastric bypass are given a Vitamin regime that they need to take for the rest of their lives.

2. Post-op they undergo blood work to show any deficiencies in Vitamins annually. This is excellent monitoring regiment.

Dr. J.A. Lemon from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and colleagues from several institutions, used the TGM (transgenic growth hormone) mouse model to assess the efficacy of a dietary supplement in ameliorating neuro-degenerative symptoms. Their report was published in the journal Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.

The authors suggest that this supplement holds promise for the treatment of human neuro-degeneration/dementia/Alzheimer’s disease. If independent replication supports their conclusions, it possibly will be time to consider some human trials of their dietary supplement.

http://acsh.org/news/2016/06/03/supplement-staves-off-alzheimers-in-mice/

As we age, our ability to manufacture vitamins declines. This happens around 70 or 80 years old. Therefore it is common to recommend vitamin supplements to the elderly.