People with higher levels of antioxidants in their blood may be less likely to develop dementia, researchers reported in Neurology.
May A. Beydoun, PhD, MPH, of the NIH’s National Institute on Aging, and colleagues examined associations of nutritional biomarkers with incident all-cause and Alzheimer’s disease dementia among American adults aged 45 years and older.
“Extending people’s cognitive functioning is an important public health challenge,” Beydoun said in a related American Academy of Neurology press release. “Antioxidants may help protect the brain