Protect Your Brain

By Chicken
It may, thanks to a little know nutrient that seems to prevent memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according a new study. When researchers gave mice with dementia nicotinamide (a form of B3 or niacin), they performed memory tasks as if they’d never had the disease. The vitamin also boosted memory in normal mice. Scientists believe B3 lowers level of a protein that contributes to tangles that can clog brain cells and lead to Alzheimer’s. Be sure to get around 15mg of B3 a day – the amount in a serving of chicken and ½ cup of brown rice.

Prevention April 2009 pg 50