Thursday 19 May 2022 09:52 AM Cranberries could improve memory and ward off dementia trends now
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Eating a small bowl of cranberries every day could help ward off dementia, research suggested today.
Scientists tested giving healthy older adults the equivalent of 100g of the fruit each day.
Volunteers who ate a powdered version of the fruit — which has a notoriously bitter taste — were found to have a better memory recall after 12 weeks.
And MRI scans showed those eating cranberries had better blood flow to important parts of the brain.
People given cranberries also had 9 per cent lower bad cholesterol levels, according to the University of East Anglia study. The team wrote this 'may in part contribute to the improvement in brain perfusion and cognition'.
LDL 'bad' cholesterol can harden and form plaques in arteries, reducing blood flow to the brain.
University of East Anglia researchers found eating 100g of antioxidant-rich cranberries daily significantly improves recall and brain preservation
The study of 60 healthy 50- to 80-year-olds showed those given the cranberries reduced bad cholesterol by 9 per cent over 12 weeks