A study out of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago published in the August issue of Archives of Neurology seems to indicate that if you consume a high saturated and trans fat diet, you will experience more cognitive decline if you take a copper-containing vitamin supplement compared to if you didn’t (most multi-vitamin pills contain copper).

Amongst those on a high-fat diet and in the highest quintile of copper intake, the study showed a 143% increase in the rate of cognitive decline vs. the lowest quintile of copper intake. This decline was equivalent to 19 or more years of aging (The study followed patients for 5.5 years).

Posted: Sunday, September 3rd, 2006 at 4:14 pm
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