Unlocking the Secrets of a Sharp Mind: Missing Diet Elements
BRAIN-BOOSTING DIET CHOICES may help you lower your risk of cognitive decline as your age. Today we look at unlocking the secrets of a sharp mind, including diet elements that may be missing from your diet.
A new study examined how flavanol (a type of flavonoid that may reduce inflammation) intake impacted age-related memory decline in older adults.
Your memory is a monster; you forget — it doesn’t. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you or hides things from you — and summons them to your recall with a will of its own. You think you have a memory, but it has you!
Memory Loss Basics
Up to four out of 10 adults 65 and older will have some age-related memory loss. Only about one percent of them will progress to dementia each year.
Mild cognitive impairment is a more severe form of memory loss and is often defined by significant memory deficits without functional impairments.
Although patients with mild cognitive impairment can continue to live independently, they show objective memory…
