When we think about preventing or fighting Alzheimer's disease, we usually think about an endless list of "don'ts:"
o Don't eat sugar,
o Don't be a couch potato,
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o Don't grab meals at your local fast-food store.
Take heart! Researchers have recently identified three treats that you can cross off your "don't" list and insert at the top of your "do for sure" list. Coffee, chocolate, and red wines are powerful weapons in the fight against Alzheimer's. Each confers its own special benefit.
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Cocoa, the essential ingredient in the chocolate most of us crave, is a powerful antioxidant. Its antioxidant muscle combats the oxidative stress many researchers identify as a probable cause of Alzheimer's disease.
And it does even more . . .
Cocoa plant flavanols reduce the effects of Alzheimer's disease and improve cardiovascular health. Cocoa also contains caffeine that melts the brain plaques typical of Alzheimer's disease.
Despite its health benefits, it's easy to overdo chocolate. The sugars and fats found so plentifully in hot cocoa and chocolate candies pack on pounds and can lead to diabetes (linked to the development of Alzheimer's). Therefore, experts recommend limiting your treats to modest amounts of the dark chocolates that are lower in fats and sugars than typical milk chocolate.
Coffee
Once considered a medicine rather than a food, coffee is today the great American drink. Surprisingly, it's the much-maligned caffeine in coffee that helps in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers fed mice, bred to display the characteristics of Alzheimer's disease, the caffeine equivalent of five cups of coffee a day. They found memory improvements in the mice after just a few days. However, they were even more surprised when they discovered that brain cell dendrites and axons damaged by the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer's had regenerated. Those researchers now believe that moderate daily consumption of coffee can delay Alzheimer's or reduce its damage.
NOTE: Although chocolate does contain caffeine, the amount is less than that contained in coffee.
Red Wines
Resveratrol, the latest darling of diet gurus, occurs in red wines, red grapes, grape skins, and peanuts. Although researchers do not yet fully understand how it works, they have shown in both laboratory and demographic studies that resveratrol protects brain cells against damage and death. They suggest that a single glass of red wine a day for females and two for males is enough to prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease.
Demographic studies show the benefits of resveratrol in human cognition
The findings of researchers in the Framingham Heart Study (Massachusetts) and The Epidemiology of Vascular Aging Study (France) are convincing. Both studies followed study participants of more than 1000 people and found superior performance among women who consumed alcohol than among women who did not drink. Differences between male drinkers and nondrinkers were not as clear-cut in Massachusetts and disappeared for males in France.
Caution Advised
While moderate consumption of red wine may protect brain cells from Alzheimer's, too much alcohol is clearly a cause of certain types of dementia, for example, Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome. Since resveratrol is available from sources other than wine (and as a food supplement), people should not take this finding as an excuse to overindulge.
I'm not a big fan of red wines, so I substitute red grapes, grape seed extract, and pycnogenol. And, sorry, TexMex fans, margaritas contain NO resveratrol. As far as we know now, if you want to drink your resveratrol, you'll have to drink red wine or red grape juice.
So there you have it:
Three treats
o scientifically proven effective;
o inexpensive and easily found in grocery and big box stores;
o ordinary items that you'll enjoy including in your anti-Alzheimer's life plan.
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