Flashback Friday Preventing Brain Loss with B Vitamins - YouTube
One week on a plant-based diet can significantly drop blood levels of homocysteine, a toxin associated with cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. Without vitamin B12 supplementation, though, a long-term plant-based diet could make things worse.
This is part of our Flashback Friday series and originally aired in 2015.
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This is very similar to the findings in my video Vitamin B12 Necessary for Arterial Health (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/vitamin-b12-necessary-for-arterial-health/).
For more details on ensuring a regular reliable source of vitamin B12:
Safest Source of B12 (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/safest-source-of-b12/)
Cheapest Source of Vitamin B12 (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/cheapest-source-of-vitamin-b12/)
Daily Source of Vitamin B12 (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/daily-source-of-vitamin-b12/)
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