• Freaky Friday: The Memory Blues

  Filed under A Dude's Guide to Life, Freaky Friday
  Jan 29

  by Richard

  I love blueberries. So should every right-thinking individual. I always buy them, whenever I can remember to do so. And so should every right-thinking individual. (boy, that last sentence sounds familiar. Oh, well.) Turns out theres a reason to buy and eat blueberries beyond the fact that they’re delicious, so round and firm and. . . *ahem*

  Scientists are reporting the first evidence from human research that blueberries — one of the richest sources of healthful antioxidants and other so-called phytochemicals — improve memory. They said the study establishes a basis for comprehensive human clinical trials to determine whether blueberries really deserve their growing reputation as a memory enhancer. A report on the study appears in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication.

  This is great news. Normally when scientists find that something is good for you, it’s something you’d rather shove up your collective noses rather than actually eat. But not this time.

  In the study, one group of volunteers in their 70s with early memory decline drank the equivalent of 2-2 l/2 cups of a commercially available blueberry juice every day for two months. A control group drank a beverage without blueberry juice. The blueberry juice group showed significant improvement on learning and memory tests, the scientists say. “These preliminary memory findings are encouraging and suggest that consistent supplementation with blueberries may offer an approach to forestall or mitigate neurodegeneration,” said the report.

  I think I’m going to go out right now and buy some blueberry juice. I’ll start drinking it, too. I don’t care if I take a hit in the carbs (seeing as how I’m being forced to participate making a lifestyle change to consume fewer carbohydrates) if it will mean a boost to my memory. I mean, just the other day I couldn’t remember the name of the book where the little dudes crash on an island and then go feral. (It’s Lord of the Flies, just so you know) It was the most frustrating thing.

  Hopefully the blueberry infusion will help me with that, um, the thingy. You know.

  • Spread the word, dude!

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