DALLAS: A daily drink which manufacturers say can ‘manage’ Alzheimer’s disease actually does stop the brain from shrinking, a two year clinical trial has shown.
Souvenaid, which was created by Irish firm Nutricia Advanced Medical Nutrition, contains a cocktail of vitamins and nutrients which have been shown to boost brain function.
It has been on sale in since 2013, but has never been independently tested to see if it actually worked.
“It shows that in the absence of effective drug options, we really have found something that can help slow down some of the most distressing symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease”
Now a clinical trial has shown that it reduces brain shrinkage by 38 per cent over two years in people with Alzheimer’s disease. It was also shown to improve memory in people with mild cognitive impairment, which often precedes full-blown dementia, although it was found to have no overall cognitive benefit in people who had Alzheimer’s.