{"id":269092,"date":"2010-02-03T03:52:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T08:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f86\/study-drinking-blueberry-juice-may-improve-memory-seniors-38969\/"},"modified":"2010-02-03T03:52:26","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T08:52:26","slug":"study-drinking-blueberry-juice-may-improve-memory-inseniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/269092","title":{"rendered":"Study: Drinking Blueberry Juice May Improve Memory In*Seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>02.02.10 07:01 PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pictures.directnews.co.uk\/liveimages\/blueberries_1961_19579884_0_0_7025472_300.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/>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 \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.directnews.co.uk\/feedtrack\/justcopyright.gif?feedid=1961&amp;itemid=19579884\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.personalliberty.com\/news\/study-drinking-blueberry-juice-may-improve-memory-in-seniors-19579884\/\" >http:\/\/www.personalliberty.com\/news\/&#8230;iors-19579884\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>02.02.10 07:01 PM 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4498,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269092","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\/4498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}