“My take on the use of nutritional supplements is that they mostly provide little benefit for those who are healthy”

Ques­tion by Emi and Joan Cooper:
The Sharp­Brains Guide is quite crit­i­cal on the use of gink­go and sup­ple­ments to max­i­mize brain health and improve mem­o­ry. What is your own take? Do you use any sup­ple­ments? What do you advice oth­ers? Also, what is the impact of too much sug­ar con­sume on our brains?

Answer by Dr. Bob Bilder:
My take on the use of nutri­tion­al sup­ple­ments is that they most­ly pro­vide lit­tle ben­e­fit for those who are healthy (which is most of us). There are clear­ly adverse effects of nutri­tion­al defi­cien­cies but those are pret­ty uncom­mon at least in much of the devel­oped world. I do not use any sup­ple­ments myself, and I advise oth­ers to be cau­tious because the nutri­tion­al sup­ple­ment mar­ket­place is rel­a­tive­ly unreg­u­lat­ed, so ven­dors tend to make exag­ger­at­ed claims that are not backed up by any sci­en­tif­ic evidence.

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