How's Your Brain Today?

Could your brain be shrinking? After hearing about this on the news, I searched to find the article. According to an Oxford University Scientist, you could be unknowingly shrinking your brain. It seems that a lack of viatmin B-12, which is found most frequently in meat, is one of the causes. Memory tests, physical checks and brain scans were used to examine 107 people between the ages of 61 and 87 and the results showed that those with the lowest levels of vitamin B-12 were also the most likely to have brain shrinkage. The moral of the study? If you're a vegetarian, supplement your B-12. The article also pointed out that people who downed 14 drinks or more a week had 1.6 per cent more brain shrinkage than non-drinkers. And women with a BMI (body mass index) of 27 or more had more brain shrinkage than thinner subjects. Get moving, quit drinking, and get enough B-12!