| Iron and Dementia | | | | supplement daily. If you take iron |
| | | | supplements check with your doctor to see if |
| In the US iron deficiency has been found to | | | | you really need them. Take excessive iron |
| be a major problem in people of all ages. | | | | can result in poisoning. Keep iron |
| Everyone knows the lack of iron causes | | | | supplements away from children B-Vitamin |
| anemia. Iron is the center of our red | | | | |
| blood cells, which allow oxygen to be | | | | The B-vitamin folic acid and B12 have also |
| carried throughout your body and into your | | | | been a major problem in the US. B12 has |
| brain. Your brain uses over 20% of the | | | | been consistently found deficient in people |
| oxygen available in the blood. Lack of | | | | with Alzheimer's. Folic acid and B12 have |
| oxygen has a major impact on your brain's | | | | been found to improve mental health in |
| health and in the formation of dementia. | | | | people who were in metal institutions. |
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| When a person is deficient in iron, they may | | | | Folic acid and B12 work to produce |
| have difficulty in keeping a conversation | | | | neurotransmitters and replace nerve cells. |
| or in keeping a good attention span. | | | | The lack of neurotransmitters is responsible |
| | | | for loss of a good memory. |
| The actual ability to absorb iron into your | | | | |
| body is dependent on the amount of acid you | | | | To make sure B vitamins work for you in |
| have in your stomach. If you have acid | | | | keeping your mental capacities in tack |
| reflux or heartburn and are using drugs or | | | | start making sure you are getting them in |
| antacids to get relief, you are affecting | | | | your diet or taking them as a supplement. |
| your ability to absorb iron. | | | | If supplementing, use the B50 or B100 |
| | | | complex. |
| To absorb iron, the pH in your stomach has to | | | | |
| be normal, 1 - 2 pH. Under these | | | | It appears that after a certain age B12 will |
| conditions, iron in your stomach chemically | | | | not help in alleviating mental changes or |
| reacts with other chemicals and is prepared | | | | problems. |
| for absorption in the small intestine. | | | | |
| | | | Here are some the best foods that have B |
| When you take drugs to reduce the acid in | | | | vitamins. |
| your stomach, the iron does not chemically | | | | |
| react and change for proper absorption in the | | | | * fish and seafood * whole grains |
| intestine. The result is iron deficiency. | | | | breads, cereals, oats, and barley * |
| | | | chicken, beef, eggs * most leafy green |
| Here are some of the best foods that have | | | | vegetables, avocados * cheese, milk and |
| iron. | | | | yogurt * beans and peas * |
| | | | oranges, lemons, grapefruits * various |
| Fired liver, fried kidney, fired chicken | | | | nuts |
| liver, wheat bran, ovaltine, coco powder, | | | | |
| spinach, parsley, radishes, peas, leeks, | | | | It is always best to get your minerals and |
| carob bar, sesame seeds, pistachio nuts, | | | | vitamins in food. In food, minerals and |
| dried coconut, cashew nuts, muesli, | | | | vitamins are combined with other chemicals |
| cornflakes, oatmeal, brown rice, total | | | | that allow your body to absorb them better |
| cereal, baked potato Use 25 to 50 mg of iron | | | | than supplements. |