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Supplements can halt Alzheimer’s in groundbreaking dementia prevention treatment in the Sunday Express, LUCY JONHSTON, Apr 19, 2015

Excerpts:
"THE FIRST treatment to arrest the development of Alzheimer’s disease has been revealed by University of Oxford scientists.
The groundbreaking two-year study discovered a combination of B vitamins and omega-3 found in oily fish prevented brain shrinkage, a hallmark of the devastating condition that develops in 550 people a day in the UK."

"Oxford professor David Smith, who lead the study, said: “This is a very exciting and important result. It is the first treatment to show Alzheimer’s related brain shrinkage can be prevented. It means that something so simple as keeping your omega-3 levels high and supplementing B vitamins if you are at risk could dramatically reduce a person’s risk.”

Prof Smith will meet government officials this month to discuss changing NHS practice so people with early memory loss are offered supplements. The specific B vitamins were B6, B12 and folic acid. “When people come to a memory clinic there’s nothing now that can help those showing signs of memory loss. Supplementation should be adopted across the NHS.”"

"Those with high levels of omega-3 fish oils in their blood but low levels of B vitamins at the start of the study, who were given B vitamin supplements, showed a dramatic reduction in the rate of brain atrophy compared to those given dummy pills. The study was in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and presented at the Alzheimer’s Disease International Conference in Australia.

Previous studies by the Oxford group found B vitamins could help slow brain shrinkage to a lesser degree and a link between fish oils and prevention of dementia.

However, this study examining high levels of both is the first to show brain shrinkage can be arrested altogether."

Article at:
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/385884/Supplements-halt-Alzheimer-s-groundbreaking-dementia-prevention-treatment