Posted on 08/01/2022 9:38:04 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Could strawberries as a snack or in your cereal, salads or smoothie help protect your brain from Alzheimer's? Maybe so, according to a new study.
Researchers found that a bioactive compound found in strawberries called pelargonidin may be associated with fewer neurofibrillary tau tangles in the brain. Tau tangles are one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, which is caused by abnormal changes with tau proteins that accumulate in the brain.
"We suspect the anti-inflammatory properties of pelargonidin may decrease overall neuroinflammation, which may reduce cytokine production," said Dr. Julie Schneider.
Among berries, strawberries are the most abundant source of pelargonidin.
"While pelagonidin should be examined further for their role in maintaining brain health in older adults, this gives a simple change that anyone can make in their diet," said Puja Agarwal, Ph.D.
Researchers looked at data they acquired from an ongoing long-term study conducted by the RADC, Rush Memory and Aging Project (MAP), which began in 1997. A total of 452 people were non-carriers of the APOE 4 gene and a total of 120 participants with APOE 4, which is the strongest genetic risk factor gene for Alzheimer's disease.
MAP includes people age 65 and older who were residents of more than 40 retirement communities and senior public housing units across northern Illinois. The results were the same after researchers adjusted for other factors that could affect memory and thinking skills, such as education, APOE 4 status, vitamin E, and vitamin C. The associations were more robust among those without dementia or mild cognitive impairment at baseline.
"We did not observe the same effect in people with the APOE 4 gene that is associated with Alzheimer's disease, but that may be due to the smaller sample size of individuals in this study who had the gene," said Agarwal.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
“Pelargonidin can be found in berries such as ripe raspberries and strawberries, as well as blueberries, blackberries, cranberries but also in saskatoon berries and chokeberries. It is also found in plums and pomegranates. Pelargonidin gives red radishes their color.”
“It is present in large amounts in kidney beans.”
Article does not say how big a serving and at what frequency?
Once a week? Twice a month?
Stawberries, I like and am no longer allergc to.
As a child, they were forbidden to me, due to allergies.
My mother ate them everyday for years....didn’t help. Neither did keeping her mind active. She read a book a week and enjoyed playing all sorts of games.
The benefit/s are likely only marginal/minimal in best case.
And over the next 3 weeks another report will allege they are harmful?
The benefit/s are likely only marginal/minimal in best case.
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Yes. For many diseases, if one doesn’t find the cause, one can only make a small difference.
5 pounds a week ought to do it.
In that case you’re trading alzheimers for diarrhea and diabetes.
CC
I thought those “taught tangles” were now discredited as a cause of Alzheimers? Aren’t they from that fraudulent study?
alzheimer’s is increasingly known as type 3 diabetes.
sugar is killer.
the last generations had no idea.
This explains Biden constantly shuffling around the West Wing screaming “Ah, but the strawberries! That’s—that’s where I had them.”
For decades, my breakfast includes Oatmeal w/8oz strawberries, banana and a skim milk chaser.
Daily fitness workout including HIIT on an elliptical and 60-70oz of water certainly helps, too.
No problems so far for this seasoned citizen....that I can remember.
Those of us who live in East Tennessee are very fortunate to have strawberries in sweet ripe abundance from the end of April until early June.
We eat lots of the strawberries produced on the farms of the Scott family at least once a day. My favorite is a biscuit heavily buttered and heavily sugared and then placed under the broiler to mix the butter and the sugar. The prepared biscuit is then covered with a generous helping of mashed and sugared strawberries.
In that case you’re trading alzheimers for diarrhea and diabetes.
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Fruits are the best food to prevent diabetes.
I’m diabetic, I know that. I was being facetious. Blueberries are one that minimally impacts your glycemic index.
CC
Lol!
(am really axing for a fren)
A month ago, there was a similar article about blueberries. It caused shortages of blueberries for weeks.
I am giving you the Long Answer, b/c I think that is what you want.
Just as I described it; as I got older (past age 18) my sensitivity to fruits such as strawberries lessened.
There are still fruits I have to be careful with, such as blueberries. I can’t have servings of blueberries 3 days in a row. After that, I start getting sore spots inside my mouth.
Other fruits such as Kiwi or Mango, I am still better off not even touching them, let alone eating them.
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