{"id":268427,"date":"2010-02-02T22:01:16","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T03:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.personalliberty.com\/liberty\/study-drinking-blueberry-juice-may-improve-memory-in-seniors\/"},"modified":"2010-02-02T22:01:16","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T03:01:16","slug":"study-drinking-blueberry-juice-may-improve-memory-in%c2%a0seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/268427","title":{"rendered":"Study: Drinking Blueberry Juice May Improve Memory In\u00a0Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.directnews.co.uk\/liveimages\/blueberries_1961_19579884_0_0_7025472_300.jpg\" alt=\"Study: Drinking blueberry juice may improve memory in seniors\" align=\"right\" class=\"post_image\">A recent study suggests that the consumption of blueberries can improve memory in older adults and may offer an alternative treatment for cognitive decline. <\/p>\n<p>Blueberries, which contain antioxidants and anti-inflammatory phytochemicals known as anthocyanins, have long been thought to boost memory in the aged. However, this is one of the first studies to examine the fruit&#8217;s memory-enhancing effect on humans. <\/p>\n<p>Scientists at the University of Cincinnati and the U.S. Department of Agriculture studied a group of volunteers with a median age of 70 who were suffering from early stage cognitive decline. <\/p>\n<p>Study participants drank the equivalent of two cups of commercially available blueberry juice each day for a two-month period, while a control group consumed a placebo beverage. <\/p>\n<p>Researchers found that patients who drank the fruit juice on a daily basis showed significant improvement on memory and learning tests as well as evidence of enhanced neuronal signaling. <\/p>\n<p>&quot;These preliminary memory findings are encouraging and suggest that consistent supplementation with blueberries may offer an approach to forestall or mitigate neurodegeneration,&quot; concluded the authors of the study. <\/p>\n<p>The researchers added that more comprehensive human trials need to be conducted to study the preventative potential of blueberries. <br \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ADNFCR-1961-ID-19579884-ADNFCR\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1961&amp;itemid=19579884\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study suggests that the consumption of blueberries can improve memory in older adults and may offer an alternative treatment for cognitive decline. Blueberries, which contain antioxidants and anti-inflammatory phytochemicals known as anthocyanins, have long been thought to boost memory in the aged. However, this is one of the first studies to examine the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4205,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}