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Amanda Lloyd, Researcher in Food, Diet and Health, Aberystwyth University

Can supplements keep your brain sharp? Why the evidence is more complicated than it seems

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Many of us would like to keep our brains sharp as we get older. That has helped create a growing market for “brain-health” supplements. These include fish-oil capsules and postbiotics, the beneficial, non-living compounds and byproducts produced by “good” gut bacteria (probiotics) when they digest dietary fibre or prebiotics.

But assessing these products is complicated.

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