Studies show that blueberries protect the brain against the effects of age-related
short-term memory loss found in folks with dementia. This is due to the antioxidant actions of flavonoids found in blueberries
In one study, Jim Joseph, Director of the neuroscience laboratory in the USDA Human Nutrition Center found that blueberry-fed mice performed better than their control group counterparts in motor behavioral learning and memory, and increased in exploratory behaviour
Preliminary results show that people who ate a cup of blueberries a day have performed 5-6% better on motor skills tests than the control group
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
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As the granddaughter of an Alzheimer's patient, I am very interested in this information. Here is more on blueberries and the brain here
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