'Save your money': no evidence brain health supplements work, say experts
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Dietary supplements such as vitamins do nothing to boost brain health and are simply a waste of money for healthy people, experts have said.
According to figures from the US, sales of so-called “memory supplements” doubled between 2006 and 2015, reaching a value of $643m, while more than a quarter of adults over the age of 50 in the US regularly take supplements in an attempt to keep their brain in good health.
But while bottles, packets and jars line the shelves of health food shops – with claims that they help maintain brain function or mental performance – a worldwide panel of experts says at present there is little evidence that these supplements help healthy older people, and that they could even pose a risk to health.
29th June 2019, 12:56
'Save your money': no evidence brain health supplements work, say experts
