Vitamin deficiency may lead to depression and dementia in the elderly.
In a study conducted by the National Institute on Aging, disabled women over age 65 with a vitamin B12 deficiency were twice as likely to suffer from depression as those with a full store of the vitamin. In related research, men who took vitamins C and E seemed to have mental abilities that were superior, on the average, to those men who did not.
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