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Because it’s my son’s staple drink, I get to drink a lot of apple juice, too. In various concentrations and turbidity. After reading this, you can be sure I’ll be gulping more of it. Heaven knows my brain needs all the help it can get!
The long and short of it is that researchers have discovered that apples and apple products may increase the production in the brain of the essential neurotransmitter acetylcholine, resulting in improved memory. And because acetylcholine is important in brain function, the researchers are suggesting that drinking apple juice may help prevent the decline in cognitive performance that accompanies dietary and genetic deficiencies and aging. Take that one step further, and they are implying these antioxidant-rich fruits may help in treating Alzheimer’s Disease, a neurodegenerative disorder.
“We anticipate that the day may come when foods like apples, apple juice and other apple products are recommended along with the most popular Alzheimer’s medications,” says Thomas Shea, Ph.D., director of the UML Center for Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration Research.
We’ll see. First, human clinical trials will have to be done (the trials described above were done on mice). On the other hand, why wait? Alzheimer-prophylactic or not, apples are healthy and vitamin-rich, and possess other powers.
1554 days ago
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2086 days ago
[...] I’ve already written a previous entry on apple juice and its potential to stave off Alzheimer’s Disease. There’s a more recent study that supports it, with data from 1,836 dementia-free subjects observed for a span of 10 years indicating that drinking fruit and vegetable juices more than 3 times per week had 76% less chances of developing Alzheimer’s than those who drank less than once a week. [...]
2100 days ago
[...] Eating Fabulous joined the 5th Healthy Eating, Diet and Fitness Carnival, hosted at IAteAPie.net. I entered the entry on Apple Juice and Memory. If you’re enjoying the entries here at Eating Fabulous, I’m sure you’ll be interested several of the entries in the carnival, too, particularly those in the first part. Have a look at these headlines from the entries discussing healthy eating: [...]
2111 days ago
[...] Ruth Schaffer, who writes the Eating Fabulous blog (www.eatingfabulous.com ) also mentions research regarding apples and apple juice for maintaining memory and gives an explanation about what scientists are finding. (Scroll down the blog until you find the apple juice entry for Aug. 3rd: http://www.eatingfabulous.com/appleapple-juice-for-better-memory ) [...]
Thanks, Ruth, for referring to my blog, http://www.alzheimersnotes.com in your apple juice and memory post. I’ve let my readers know you have more information over here…in my Aug. 4th post.