Give your brain a boost by adding delicious berries to your regular diet.
Two separate clinical studies show that berries appear to give a boost to brain power.
In one study, healthy men and women ages 60 to 75 were given two cups of strawberries for 90 days. They showed improved scores for word recognition and spatial memory.
In another study, researchers showed that older adults who ate the equivalent of one cup of blueberries for 90 days didn’t repeat themselves as often.
Quoted in Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter, Barbara Shukitt-Hale said researchers speculate that the anthocyanins in berries have certain anti-inflammatory properties that have direct effects and benefits on the brain.
Supplements, she said, don’t appear to work. It is the combination of nutrients in berries that seem to have a benefit.