15 jun 2022
Alzheimer / Dementia, brain, nutrition
Foods and drinks packed with polyphenols appear to be key to warding off dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Top Belgian detective Hercule Poirot was convinced that fish was good for his ‘leetle gray cells’, his small gray cells. But according to the latest investigation, he was wrong. The real brain food is anything rich in polyphenols, the micronutrients most commonly found in plant foods. Eating a polyphenol-rich diet even reduces the risk of ever developing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease with age. Medical research has shown time and again that healthy eating is one of the best ways to counteract cognitive decline, especially since the discovery of the vital role our gut and bacterial microbiome play in brain health. But what does a healthy diet look like and what should we avoid? Until now, it’s all been a bit unscientific, say researchers at the University of Barcelona, ​​who hope metabolomics — a new technology that measures small molecules called metabolites in our blood — can determine the ultimate brain-healthy diet. .1 They took blood samples from
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