Marmite is good for the brain, study says
PARIS: In a world bitterly divided into pro- and anti-Marmite factions, lovers of the tangy British spread have found support from an unexpected quarter: brain science.
Experiments found that volunteers who ate a daily spoonful of the dark-brown yeast extract seemed to have higher levels of a vital neuron chemical associated with a healthy brain.
The reason could lie in Marmite's high levels of vitamin B12, the investigators say.
In a study published on Wednesday, psychologists at the University of York in northern…