QuestionI would appreciate your opinion about supplementing diet with B-12 and Folic Acid. I am 53, my wife is 51. My mother in law (age 89) went to a geriatric physician recently and was advised to take 500 mcg of B-12 and 400 mcg of Folic Acid to help her memory. The doctor said it would good for anyone over 50. We all take Centrum Silver already, which has 25 mcg of B -12 and 400 mcg of folic acid. I don't think we should be taking more folic acid, and am unsure about the B -12, since it is water soluble and would only be passed out in urine. Any guidance is appreciated!
AnswerIt probably won't hurt, but people normally have OK levels of B12, and if they don't, then oral B12 won't help... it has to be given by a shot or nasal gel spray.
Folic acid has several benefits, heart, etc, and is very safe also. No definite "you have to take it" studies yet.
