Can Taking a Multivitamin Improve Your Memory?

Older people must maintain memory and cognitive abilities to live independently. While data show nutrient deficiencies are associated with cognitive decline, can a multivitamin make a difference?

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• It was once a widely held belief that brain function was expected to decline with age, but it is now known that memory loss and brain fog are not normal. Data show that older adults taking an over-the-counter multivitamin had memory improvements after just one year

• An initial improvement in memory without continued and cumulative improve…