Cocoa can help improve memory impairment

Experts at Columbia University Medical Center (USA) recently reported that the flavanol bioactive component in cocoa pods can significantly improve age-related memory impairment.

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In the study published in the Journal of Natural Neuroscience, experts divided 37 healthy volunteers aged 50-69 into two groups, a high- dose flavanol group of 900mg / day, group the rest use low content flavanol, only 10mg / day.

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Experts also took pictures of the brain, measuring the blood flow at the main part of the hippocampus called the serrated wrinkles , the area in charge of memory formation and often deteriorating with age.

After comparing the memory test results before and after the 3-month trial, the team found that the high-dose flavanol group improved the memory and blood flow to the wrinkled area. saw tooth is better than the control group. Even, "people with memories at the age of 60 at the beginning of the study recovered their ability to remember the equivalent of people in their 30s and 40s after 3 months of testing" - Neurology Professor Scott Small said .

It is known that in addition to cocoa containing high flavanol content, this compound is also present in grapes, blueberries, some vegetables and tea but with lower content.