Nutrients that Help to Promote Nerve Health in Elderly People
The Following nutrients can provide neurological support and promote nerve health in elderly persons:
Alpha lipoic acid: Several studies suggest alpha-lipoic acid helps lower blood sugar levels. Its ability to kill free radicals may help people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, who have pain, burning, itching, tingling, and numbness in arms and legs from nerve damage.
Folic acid: Studies have shown that folic acid may contribute to peripheral nerve injury repair by promoting Schwann cell proliferation, migration, and secretion of nerve growth factor.
Mecobalamin (Methylcobalamin): Studies have shown that supplementing with mecobalamin, a derivative of Vitamin B-12 can reduce the pain associated with neuropathy. It can also help repair the myelin sheath, depending on the cause of the neuropathy. Its ability to speed up tissue regeneration and improve nerve function can be helpful for maintaining healthy nerve functioning.
Benfotiamine: Benfotiamine is a derivative or form of vitamin B-1, but it's much more bio-available and more effective. It is quite effective for nerve pain in people with diabetes (diabetic neuropathy). Taking benfotiamine by mouth, can improve pain and other symptoms of nerve damage caused by diabetes.
Inositol: Studies have shown that high inositol (Vitamin B-8) levels may promote nerve regeneration, thereby, perhaps delaying or preventing the early development of clinical diabetic neuropathy.
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride: Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) is essential for the amino acid metabolism. Hence, vitamin B6 assures the metabolism of neurotransmitters (e.g., GABA and serotonin), which are indispensable for signal transmission in the nervous system. In conclusion, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) plays a key role in neurotransmitter synthesis, inhibits the release of neurotoxic glutamate, and restores sensory nerve function.
Nicotinamide riboside (NR): It is a form of vitamin B3. It helps the body produce sufficient amounts of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). NAD+ is essential to the body's metabolism, particularly in repairing DNA and preventing neurodegenerative diseases. As a supplement, it appears to increase the concentration of NAD+ above levels naturally produced when getting vitamin B3 from the diet.
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