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Blueberry Juice Improves Memory
Blueberry Juice Improves Memory
Author: Sylvia Booth Hubbard Source
(NewsMaxHealth) The answer to a sharper memory may be as close as your grocer's
shelves. A recent study found that drinking a couple of cups of blueberry juice each day
may give aging memories a boost.
Researchers led by Robert Krikorian of the University of Cincinnati Academic Health
Center tested people in their 70s with age-related memory problems. One group of
volunteers drank 16 to 20 ounces of a commercially available blueberry juice every day
for two months. The control group drank a non-juice beverage.
At the end of two months, those volunteers who drank blueberry juice showed significant
improvements on learning and memory tests. "These preliminary memory findings are
encouraging and suggest that consistent supplementation with blueberries might offer an
approach to forestall or mitigate neurodegeneration," the scientists wrote in a report
published in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Although previous animal studies had indicated that blueberries may help aging
memories, until now there had been little actual testing of blueberries' effect on people.
According to WebMD, the study also indicated that the volunteers who drank blueberry
juice had reduced symptoms of depression and lower glucose levels.
Blueberries are one of nature's richest sources of phytochemicals and antioxidants.
Ongoing studies are focusing on blueberries' ability to protect against stroke and lessen
brain damage in stroke victims, slow vision loss, prevent cancer, and relieve or prevent
upper urinary tract and bladder infections.
Author: Sylvia Booth Hubbard Source
(NewsMaxHealth) The answer to a sharper memory may be as close as your grocer's
shelves. A recent study found that drinking a couple of cups of blueberry juice each day
may give aging memories a boost.
Researchers led by Robert Krikorian of the University of Cincinnati Academic Health
Center tested people in their 70s with age-related memory problems. One group of
volunteers drank 16 to 20 ounces of a commercially available blueberry juice every day
for two months. The control group drank a non-juice beverage.
At the end of two months, those volunteers who drank blueberry juice showed significant
improvements on learning and memory tests. "These preliminary memory findings are
encouraging and suggest that consistent supplementation with blueberries might offer an
approach to forestall or mitigate neurodegeneration," the scientists wrote in a report
published in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Although previous animal studies had indicated that blueberries may help aging
memories, until now there had been little actual testing of blueberries' effect on people.
According to WebMD, the study also indicated that the volunteers who drank blueberry
juice had reduced symptoms of depression and lower glucose levels.
Blueberries are one of nature's richest sources of phytochemicals and antioxidants.
Ongoing studies are focusing on blueberries' ability to protect against stroke and lessen
brain damage in stroke victims, slow vision loss, prevent cancer, and relieve or prevent
upper urinary tract and bladder infections.