Alzheimer's disease: Alternative medicine

Be careful with Alternative medicine

By Mayo Clinic staff

Various herbal mixtures, vitamins and other supplements are widely promoted as preparations that may support cognitive health or prevent or delay Alzheimer's. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) convened an expert panel that concluded current evidence doesn't support any benefit from taking vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E, folic acid or beta carotene.

Omega-3 fatty acids
The NIH panel concluded there is somewhat stronger data — but not definitive evidence — that omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil may help prevent cognitive decline.

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