Effectiveness of a fortified drink in improving B vitamin biomarkers in older adults: a controlled intervention trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older adults are reported to have sub-optimal B vitamin status; targeted food-based solutions may help to address this. The objectives of the OptiAge food intervention study were to develop and investigate the effectiveness of a B vitamin-fortified drink in improving B vitamin biomarkers in older Irish adults with a primary outcome of change in the B vitamin biomarker status.

Methods

A double-blinded randomised controlled trial was performed in parallel at University College Dublin and Ulster University. Participants aged > 50 years were recruited following screening for exclusion criteria (i.e. taking medications known to interfere with B vitamin metabolism, supplements containing B vitamins, consuming > 4 portions of B vitamin-fortified foods per week or diagnos

SUBMITTER: Heffernan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8650259 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature