I remember a few years ago, the Atkin’s Diet was the latest fad circulating among people trying to shed those extra pounds. Now all I see on TV are the Nutrisystem commercials advertising high protein, pre-portioned meals. However, according to a very recent and important study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, calories matter, but the type is more or less irrelevant.
So in commemoration of the Indian New Year, I had to take my mom to her favorite Indian restaurant in Houston – Bhojan. Unfortunately for me, mommy dearest is a vegetarian, and that particular restaurant only served Gujarati veg-food. 
We’re all so preoccupied with getting enough Vitamin A for good vision and Vitamin C to prevent scurvy-related symptoms that the B vitamins seem left out. In reality, the family of B vitamins is responsible for maintaining a wide assortment of physiological events. In particular, low levels of B12 have been recently shown to correlate with increased brain atrophy in older individuals.
