Wen Chen Gen.
Recently, the Social Survey Center of China Youth Daily conducted a joint questionnaire survey of 1,333 young people, and found that memory loss accounted for 43 percent of young people's various health problems4%, in first place. This is followed by poor mood and instability (422%), decreased immunity (41.).9%) in third place.
Why does memory decline? In fact, it has a lot to do with our diet. I don't pay attention to my daily dietIt is possible to harm the brain。This is also an issue that many people, especially young people, ignore today.
We all know that eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables is good for our health, but how many people can stick to a diet rich in fruits and vegetables? Nowadays, many people don't cook if they can take out, and they can cook with high oil and salt.
But the scientific results also clearly prove that poor eating habits can lead to memory loss. This is a study published in the journal PNAS. In this study, researchers from Columbia University and Harvard University's Brigham and Women's Hospital focused on analyzing the relationship between flavanols and memory loss.
Flavanols are naturally occurring plant compounds found in many plant foods, including leafy greens, berries, apples, onions, citrus, grapes, tomatoes, broccoli, lettuce, tea, chocolate, and red wine. While the amount of flavanols contained varies depending on the quality, 20 grams of dark chocolate yields about 35 mg of flavanols, and a medium apple has 10 mg of flavanols.
The researchers followed more than 3,562 healthy adults with an average age of 71 years for a three-year study. At the beginning of the experiment, the subjects' diet was evaluated and a set of short-term memory tasks designed to trigger the hippocampus of the brain was completed.
Subjects were then randomly selected to receive either placebo or a supplement containing 500 mg of flavanols, 80 mg of epicatechins, and at the end of the first year, subjects who lacked flavanols in their diet and received the supplement had a 10 percent improvement in memory scores compared to those who took placebo5%, a 16% improvement compared to their baseline memory results. Over the course of the three-year study, this improvement was sustained.
Researchers believe that while memory loss is destined to occur in everyone, there are significant differences between individuals, and different diets reflect different rates of memory loss from flavanols alone. At present, the research team has confirmed through mouse models that the epicatechin in flavanols can enhance neuronal and vascular health in the hippocampus.
In today's day and age, as life expectancy is getting longer and longer, we need more means and ways to strengthen our aging brains in addition to having a longer lifespan. But unfortunately, many people don't know about this, and many people still eat badly and wrongly.