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The supplement that really can improve your brain health

Most supplements that claim to help your brain have never been thoroughly tested, but one has convinced even the most discerning scientists of its worth, finds columnist Helen Thomson

By Helen Thomson

24 April 2025

A pile of colourful supplement pills lying on a yellow table top.

There are many dietary supplements available but what does the evidence say on brain health?

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Alongside my morning yogurt and cereal, I’m taking an increasing number of supplements. The long brown ones contain lion’s mane, a mushroom supposedly good for anxiety. The tiny round one is vitamin D in cloudy London I feel eternally deficient without this. The chewy one? A multivitamin. The powder is creatine, which my friend swears by for keeping brain fog at bay. Then there’s collagen, best known as a protein vital to youthful-looking skin, because, well, we all live in…

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