Eating high concentrations of flavanol helps improve memory

According to a study published in the American Heart Association's Hypertension magazine, eating flavanol-rich substances daily will help improve cognitive decline.

In this study, the scientists selected 90 elderly people with mild cognitive impairment and gave them a milk containing flavanol concentrations: 990mg (high), 520mg (medium) and 45mg, respectively. (low) for eight weeks.

At the same time, the researchers also minimized flavanol-containing foods in the daily diet of the studied group. After that, they tested their cognition with tests related to the body's self-regulation, memory or cognition and speed of handling situations .

The researchers said they have achieved significant improvements in cognitive-related abilities such as visual reactions, muscle reactions, speech rates, etc. for those who drink milk. High and medium flavanol concentrations.

At the same time, they also said that those who took a high-flavanol milk level reduced stress and had normal blood pressure.

The study's lead author Professor Giovambattista Desideri of the University of L'Aquila in Italy said: "This study provides encouraging evidence that eating cocoa has a high flavanol content as part of the balancing nutrition and helping to improve cognitive function '.

Flavanol can be found in tea, grapes, red wine, apples and cocoa products. They can work directly in the brain structure by protecting nerve cells from injury, improving metabolism and interacting with memory-related molecular structures.

Indirectly, flavanol improves memory through improving blood flow to the brain.