Showing posts with label cognitive impairment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cognitive impairment. Show all posts

Friday, October 12, 2018

Ketogenic Seems To Delay Cognitive Decline In Mice!





"We've all experienced a "gut feeling"—when we know deep down inside that something is true. That phenomenon and others (like "butterflies in the stomach") aptly describe what scientists have now demonstrated: that the gut and the brain are more closely connected than we once thought, and in fact the health of one can affect the other. " Read more...







Study: Ketogenic diet appears to prevent cognitive decline in mice. Medical Xpress.
October 12, 2018, University of Kentucky

Monday, August 20, 2018

Grapes and Blueberries Together Slow Age-Related Cognitive Decline!


 "Most people have heard that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” – but this new body of research suggests that eating grapes and blueberries together can have a dramatic effect on your brain power." Read more,,,,




When Blueberries and Grapes Are Combined, a Dramatic Decline in Memory Loss and Aging – Study. Andy Corbley. Good New Network. Aug 19, 2018. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dramatic-decline-in-memory-loss-when-blueberries-grapes-combined/




Loss of Brain Plasticity Associated With Cognitive Decline In Aging!



"A new study provides fresh evidence that the decline in the capacity of brain cells to change, called "plasticity," rather than a decline in total cell number may underlie some of the sensory and cognitive declines associated with normal brain aging." Read more...



Antidepressant restores youthful flexibility to aging inhibitory neurons in mice. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Phys.org. August 20, 2018. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-antidepressant-youthful-flexibility-aging-inhibitory.html


Sunday, March 6, 2016

Coffee May Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer's But Not Cognitive Decline or Dementia!


 
A recent study published in December, 2015 showed that consumption of coffee may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease. According to the analysis of 11 studies, results showed a reductions of Alzheimer's disease with consumption of coffee. However, the results did not show any correlation between coffee consumption and cognitive decline and dementia. More studies are needed to identify whether there is any benefit of coffee consumption on cognitive decline and dementia.

Habitual coffee consumption and risk of cognitive decline/dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) (31 December 2015) by Qing-Ping P. Liu, Yan-Feng F. Wu, Hong-Yu Y. Cheng, et al.  http://www.citeulike.org/user/kimberlykramer2015/article/1396901

Monday, February 22, 2016