{"id":7455,"date":"2023-09-16T16:41:22","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T09:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=7455"},"modified":"2023-09-16T16:41:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T09:41:22","slug":"vitamin-b12-folic-acid-choline-may-protect-an-aging-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=7455","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin B12, Folic Acid, &#038; Choline May Protect An Aging Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/obcs9cswykfe6zpj1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In the brain, 1C metabolism plays an important role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/what-is-methylation\">methylation<\/a>, the breakdown of fats, and DNA repair.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vitamin B12, folate (aka vitamin B9), and choline are all highly influential in these pathways\u2014primarily through their role in the methylation of homocysteine to methionine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, studies link high amounts of circulating homocysteine in the blood to poor brain health and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/alzheimers-patients-are-often-missing-these-antioxidants\">Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/sleep-issues-stroke-risk-research\">stroke<\/a>, and vascular dementia (dementia from blood flow problems).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So low intake levels of these nutrients (or poor absorption of them), can lead to high homocysteine levels and negatively impact the brain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While these nutrients are found naturally in the diet, this new review summarizes the important role of supplementation for additional health benefits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the brain, 1C metabolism plays an important role in methylation, the breakdown of fats, and DNA repair.\u00a0 Vitamin B12, folate (aka vitamin B9), and choline are all highly influential in these pathways\u2014primarily through their role in the methylation of homocysteine to methionine.\u00a0 Now, studies link high amounts of circulating homocysteine in the blood to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[80,117],"class_list":["post-7455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-brain","tag-vitamins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}