Multivitamin-Mineral Supplementation vs. Cocoa Extract for Cognition

Feldman, Ellen MD

Altru Health System, Grand Forks, ND

Financial Disclosure: None of the authors or planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Integrative Medicine Alert 26(3):p 17-20, March 2023.

SYNOPSIS: This large, randomized trial followed participants for three years and determined that daily use of a cocoa supplement was not associated with cognitive enhancement in older adults, whereas a multivitamin supplement was associated with significant cognitive benefits.

SOURCE: Baker LD, Manson JE, Rapp SR, et al. Effects of cocoa extract and a multivitamin on cognitive function: A randomized clinical trial. Alzheimer's Dement 2022; Sept. 14. doi: 10.1002/alz.12767. [Online ahead of print].