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Food Articles
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(Source: Yahoo News) -French and German researchers say that they found evidence in the lab to back theories that drinking caffeine has a preventive effect on Alzheimer's disease. Read more...
(Source: Forbes.Com) - Fisetin, a flavonol found in strawberries, mangoes, cucumber, and other fruits and vegetables, may protect the brain against Alzheimer’s, dementia, and age-related memory loss, according to research just out from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Read more...
(Source: Mercola.Com) - A growing body of research suggests there may be a powerful connection between the foods you eat and your risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, via similar pathways that cause type 2 diabetes. Some have even re-named Alzheimer's as "type 3 diabetes." Read more...
(Source: Rush University Medical Center) - For decades, moms have expounded on the power of food. Carrots improve vision, spinach strengthens muscles, bread crust curls the straightest of hair. As we now know, much of what Mom told us was a ploy to get us to eat the things we hated most. But today we have science to back up at least some of those claims. Read More...
(Source: Pacific Prime Blog) - With all the modern medical advancements in cures for diseases, one disease which still remains cure-less is Alzheimer’s. A degenerative illness that severely affects more than 5 million people worldwide. Some modern drugs can provide a modicum of relief for people suffering from mild memory loss; however scientists need a better understanding of the disease, and a fresh strategy for treating it. The best that we can do today is simply try to prevent Alzheimer’s, and the weapons used to prevent the oncoming of such a crippling disease are found in everyday foods. So what foods exactly are used to ward off Alzheimer’s? Here’s a quick list of the seven, most common, most accessible foods that can be used to prevent Alzheimer’s. Read More...
(Source: Time Health & Family) - Eating a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids — from fish, soy or nuts, for example — may help stave off Alzheimer’s disease, the authors of a new study suggest.The researchers, from Columbia University Medical Center in New York, looked at 1,219 people over age 65 who were free of dementia. The participants filled out questionnaires about their eating habits for the previous 1.2 years. Read More...
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