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Prevention or illness delay of even a small percentage of cases would provide significant cost benefits for health-care systems. This review considers the rationale for a combined B-vitamin and antioxidant supplement (Cerefolin NAC) in treating and slowing AD-related cognitive decline.<\/jats:p><jats:p>Vitamin B<jats:sub>12<\/jats:sub>and folate deficiencies are associated with various cognitive disorders, including dementia. In the 1980s, plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) assays were introduced to assist in diagnosing these deficiencies. Hey is derived from dietary methionine. Cells re-methylate Hey to methionine using B<jats:sub>12<\/jats:sub>-dependent methionine synthase; 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF) acts as a methyl donor (Figure 1A). Alternatively, Hey is converted to cystathionine, and ultimately cysteine, by B<jats:sub>6<\/jats:sub>-dependent cystathionine \u03b2-synthase. 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