Brain-Boosting Supplements?

Most of the promises made about these products lack proof.

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About 25 percent of adults over 50 take a supplement that promises to improve cognition or cognitive health. As long as these products don’t say they improve or treat diseases like Alzheimer’s or other dementias, they are allowed to make any claims they want—without having to prove they work. So, which marketing claims should you believe?

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