Common nutrient supplementation may hold the answers to combatting Alzheimer’s disease

Common nutrient supplementation may hold the answers to combatting Al
Results showed that when these mice bred to display symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease are given high choline in their diet throughout life, they exhibit improvements in spatial memory, compared with those receiving a normal choline regimen. Credit: Shireen Dooling: Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University

In a new study, Biodesign researchers reveal that a lifelong dietary regimen of choline holds the potential to prevent Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Choline is a safe and easy-to-administer nutrient that is naturally present in some foods and can be used as a dietary supplement. Lead author Ramon Velazquez and his colleagues at the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center (NDRC) looked…

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