Flashback Friday: Preventing Brain Loss with B Vitamins?

One week on a plant-based diet can significantly drop blood levels of homocysteine, a toxin associated with cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. Without vitamin B12 supplementation, though, a long-term plant-based diet could make things worse.

This is part of our Flashback Friday series and originally aired in 2015.

For more details on ensuring a regular reliable source of vitamin B12:

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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[carlton]

Keep up the good work. Your videos can save billions of dollars in hospital bills.

[hsvmobileac]

Anyone who ever had to face the mental deterioration of a loved one knows how valuable and important is the information shared in this video.
Another excellent one Dr. Greger.
Thank you very much.

[BlueSkies]

Thanks for reminding us about homocysteine! Important takeaway for me: B6, the forgotten vitamin

[pedecia]

As always life savers videos!!! Thank You Dr. Greger.

[cathylynnpietranton]

Thanks for the information and we do get our vitamin B12.

[adityaramanathan]

You are the best I admire your work and recommend watching your channel to everyone who starts talking about nutrition as a vegan and a doctor in training you have influenced me a lot. Thank you so much Dr. 😁

[dancarpenter]

Please do a video on recommended blood tests for health. I am a 43 year old male and want to know what I should be checking every year. Am I deficient. Is my A1c elevated lipid profile etc ? Any warning signs for kidney issues. Cancer etc ? I think u got the skills to answer this question. Thanks

[bigbone]

*OMG!!! This is amazing! Gotta share this info!*

[perfectscotty]

Could you please do a video on the detrimental effects of excessive iron? I just became aware of it and it appears to be a major cause of chronic diseases associated with aging.

[thesaltwatergypsy]

Dr.Gregor, how much b6 and b12 do you recommend I take as a supplement daily if I am eating a plant based diet?

[denthance]

Hey Dr. Greger, when are you doing your next live Q&A? I was waiting on December 27th, but you never showed up :( big fan, have lots of questions lol

[inam]

could you please leave links to the references you use in the description. thnx.

[forlornqueen]

Do bean sprouts count as both legumes and greens? I set a goal of at least three types of greens a day and it's winter so I have to grow them indoors so if bean sprouts count then I have more room for dino kale and different types of lettuce. Does anyone know? Also do beans/legumes count towards our fruits and vegies or are they in their own category entirely?

[Abc-qsir]

Please do some videos about the statistics behind the worlds healthiest centenarians ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

[rafnaegels]

Not only do vegans have more folate. They might also be lower in homocysteine once they supplement b12 due to the lower methionine content of their food.

[fredsmith]

Super So HHC is a metabolite of cholesterol .... and cholesterol protects the cells and is essential to the brain .... I bet the BBB is affected too ... I really liked this ... Aside .... I remember back in 1990s I drove 200 miles to go to Nat Library in Rockville, where I could get 12 art from the old stacks .... now it's online .... saves gas .... Keep up the great work ...

[Tom-ccqo]

Can you do a video on whether pyscadelics like dmt and lsd cause brain damage

[Battery-kfvu]

I talked to my doctor about homocysteine, she didn't even know what it was.

[Abc-qsir]

Please do some videos about anti aging and food/ exercise, eg: hair loss/ wrinkles/ weight gain/ muscle loss, etc. is all of this preventable and possibly delayed, ☺️☺️☺️☺️

[IMCATT]

from where can i take b12 vitamin? i mean beside OTC supplement pills and meat?