Taking Vitamin D Could Help Prevent Dementia, Recent Study Suggests: Here's Why
Vitamin D also helps clear beta amyloid, a protein that plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease, Merrill points out. This is “the same mechanism targeted by new prescription drugs in Alzheimer’s disease,” he says. Vitamin D might also slow the buildup of tau tangles, which are another hallmark of Alzheimer’s, he adds.