Scientists from Rush University discovered that eating strawberries as a snack can help protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that affects memory, thinking skills, and the ability to carry out everyday tasks. It is the most common cause of dementia in older adults.
Dementia is a term that refers to a decline in cognitive abilities (like memory and thinking skills) that is severe enough to interfere with daily life.
Alzheimer’s disease is irreversible, meaning that it cannot be cured, and it gets worse over time.
The exact cause of Alzheimer’s disease is not fully understood, but it is believed to be caused by a combination of genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors.
Scientists believe that genes, lifestyle, and things in the environment can cause Alzheimer’s disease.
Genes are like a blueprint that you get from your parents, and they can make some people more likely to get the sickness than others.
One of the things that happen in the brain when people have Alzheimer’s disease is that there are problems with a protein called tau.
This protein helps transport nutrients in the brain, but it gets tangled up and stops working properly.
Pelargonidin is a chemical found in some fruits, like strawberries, blueberries, and cranberries.
Scientists have found that pelargonidin has some good effects on the brain, like reducing inflammation and helping with memory.
In the study, the scientists looked at the brains of 575 people who had died, and they found that the people who had eaten more pelargonidin from berries had fewer tangles of tau in their brains.
They also found that people who didn’t have a certain gene linked to Alzheimer’s disease had even fewer tau tangles in their brains when they ate more strawberries and pelargonidin.
This study shows that eating strawberries could be good for the brain and might help protect against Alzheimer’s disease, especially for people who don’t have the gene linked to the sickness.
However, more research is needed to understand exactly how strawberries and pelargonidin can help the brain stay healthy.
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The research is published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and was conducted by Dr. Julie Schneider et al.
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