Show connection between bete I 1 en good memory and vitamins demonstrated by scientists A connection between good memory and an adequate supply of vitamins Is demonstrated in experiments carried on at the university of colorado by dr charles F poe professor of chemistry and dr karl P F Mu enzinger associate professor of psychology their experiments were made on rats using three groups one group kept I 1 on a normal diet one kept on adget deficient in vitamin G and one deficient in the vitamin B complex all were given an opportunity to learn to solve a maze problem at the age of seven weeks three months later they were put back on the maze and data was collected collect id on their ability to solve the problem a second time the rats lacking vitamin B made a very poor showing compared to the other two groups the group on a normal diet re learned the maze in an average time of seconds the vitamin G deficient group in seconds while the B deficient group required 1074 seconds the lack of vitamin B had a greater effect on memory than it had bad on learning ability since the B deficient croup group learned a new anaze maze in seconds the normal group did it in see fee ands and the G deficient group in seconds vitamin B is known as the anti neu vitamin because its lack causes nervous disorders it is found naturally in whole grain cereals tomatoes beans and yeast soluble in water it can be lost from foods it if the water they are cooked in Is discarded |