The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
in these studies older adults we're talking 65 years and older that are taking a multivitamin supplement for you know was it a year I think it was um it could be two but I think it was a year and it was by the way Centrum Silver it was like your standard you know anyone could afford to get it get it at Walmart type of vitamin um and after a year of taking this multivitamin it globally reduced brain aging by about 2.1 years
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and anyone that tells you that multivitamins are useless, they're wrong. I'm going to tell you that they're wrong because I I think now we have pretty strong data, three very large randomized control trials, part of the Cosmos trials.
and it also reduced episodic brain aging by 4.9 years
Multivitamin use for 3 years improved global cognition, including better episodic memory and executive function whereas placebo did not.
taking a simple multivitamin can offer significant cognitive benefits as we age, highlighting the importance of strategic nutritional supplementation for brain health.
Daily multivitamin supplementation significantly enhanced memory and slowed brain aging by around two years in older adults, offering a straightforward strategy against cognitive decline.
Multivitamins improve cognition and slow brain aging.
daily use in older adults was linked to 2.1 years less global brain aging, nearly 5 years less episodic memory aging, and modestly slower epigenetic aging
A simple multi (i.e., Centrum Silver) has been shown to improve multiple domains of cognitive function in older adults.
Adults taking a standard multivitamin for 2 years improved cognition and episodic memory, equivalent to a 2-year reduction in cognitive aging.
In a two-year randomized controlled trial involving 573 older adults, daily multivitamin use slowed cognitive aging by two years.
A larger meta-analysis of over 5,000 individuals across three trials confirmed these effects, showing consistent gains in global cognition and memory compared to placebo.
Improvements in episodic memory performance were even more striking, equivalent to ~five years of preserved memory function.
In large randomized trials of older adults (65+), those taking a basic multivitamin (Centrum Silver) showed better overall cognition, about a 2-year reduction in global brain aging, and ~4.8 years' improvement in episodic memory (the ability to remember events and experiences)
The verdict is clear: older adults taking a multivitamin containing over 20 essential micronutrients exhibit a statistically significant reduction in memory loss and cognitive aging compared to those on a placebo.
the Cosmo studies. There was three trials that were done where older adults were given a daily multivitamin and and this was a very standard one run-of-the-mill multivitamin. You may have heard of Centrum Silver. I mean, it's like you can buy it in any CVS, Walmart, right? It's a It's not like a bougie type of multivitamin. They were given Centrum silver for 2 years or a placebo and it improved their cognitive function globally. So in fact global cognitive function was improved by like 2 years. So it it reduced their brain aging in the way such that it was like two years reduced brain aging.
Um, the what was so profound was the actually the effect on episodic memory. So that's the kind of memory you know where we remember events, people, things like that. Um, that was improved. It was like reducing the aging of our episodic memory by almost 5 years is 4.8 years which is just astronomical.