Usually
the stuff I love to eat isn’t healthy to eat, like ice cream. But I love berries, all kinds of berries, and this article by
Beth Fontenot in the Atlantic, which
I originally read on the Lumosity.com Facebook site, says that “Berries
may provide protection against Alzheimer's as well as age-related memory loss
and other types of cognitive decline.”
The
article goes on to say that “Marshall G. Miller and Barbara Shukitt-Hale,
researchers with the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts
University, reviewed cellular, animal, and human studies on berry fruits and
the aging brain and found strong evidence that blueberries, blackberries,
strawberries, and other berry fruits have beneficial effects.
They
found that berry fruits protect the brain in several ways. They contain high
amounts of antioxidants that protect cells from damage. Berry fruits also
change the way that neurons in the brain communicate, and this may prevent
inflammation in the brain that can damage neurons. Components in berries also
improve cognition and motor control.”
For
me that means on thing, “BERRY BINGEING!”
Here’s
a link to the Atlantic article: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/04/the-benefits-of-berries-to-the-brain/255262/
And
here’s a link to the abstract in the “Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry”
- http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf2036033
PS - Yes this is a bad pun that probably only works in English.
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