Here’s yet another plug for consuming highly-colored foods –gotta love those vegetables and fruits!
In a report in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, USDA scientists say that a compound found in berries and grapes can improve working memory and actually reverse the negative effects of aging on the human brain. Pterostilbene apparently produces these beneficial effects through action as an antioxidant in the hippocampus region of the brain. (If this info motivates you to go out and buy blueberries, look for organic ones -- research sponsored by The Organic Center at Washington State University found that organic berries contained higher levels of pterostilbene than conventional fruits.)
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