Berry fruit Can Delay Brain Aging up to 2.5 Years

A recent study published by Annals of Neurology on April 26, 2012 states often eating berries was able to maintain healthy brain function with the increment of age. The study also found that, women who often consume berries, like blueberries or strawberries may delay brain aging by 2.5 years, than women who do not eat berries. Brain aging include decreased ability to think and to remember someone.

"So great that we can get the benefits of fruits, it is advisable to increase consumption of fruits every day, especially berries, as a way to maintain brain function with age," said Elizabeth Devore, a Medical Expert in Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in Boston.

Berry fruit is rich of flavonoids, antioxidants that are useful purely to reduce inflammation and protect body cells from free radical damage. The content of flavanoids that are found in berries, apples, and oranges, has been shown can reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer, as presented Nancy Copperman, Director of Public Health Initiatives in North Shore-LIJ Health System, New York, some time ago.

Vitamin D will not Improve Brain Children Ability

Increased levels of vitamin D seems does not encourage children academic performance according to study published in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Previous research has linked increased levels of vitamins to increase the ability of brain (cognitive function) in adults.

Researchers wanted to find out whether this also occurs in children or not. Vitamin D usually derived from sunlight (vitamin D3) or plants (vitamin D2). Researchers measured levels of vitamin D3 and D2 on about 3,000 children at age of nine years on average.

Participants of these children are part of Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), which aims to track the long-term health of a group of children who were born in the early 1990's.

The Reasons Why Obesity Can Damage Brain

Weight gain was not only affect your physical appearance, but also can affect brain function. Obesity has been proved can increase the risk of many diseases, including brain damage. This was revealed by the researchers based on several studies. How obesity can affect the brain function?

Here are 5 reason why obesity can affect brain function, as quoted from MyHealthNewsDaily, Thursday (08/03/2012), among others: