Eating less helps keep brain sharp
Eating less can help older adults improve their memory and prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s, suggests a new study.Cutting on calorie intake increases lifespan in mice, reduces the risk of heart disease in people and boosts cognitive ability in elderly animals, it has been shown.
To see if the cognitive benefit held for people, Agnes Floel and team, at the University of Munster in Germany tested the short term memory of 50 people with an average age of 60, who were overweight, but not obese, and then got one-third to eat 30% fewer calories than normal each day.
Post three months, the dieters scored 20% higher on the test than they had before the diet, recalling on average 12.5 words compared to 10.5.
“Two words may not seem like much, but it’s more than the difference between people under 30 and above 50,” says Agnes Floel.
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April 21, 2009 1:46 AM
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July 15, 2009 11:26 PM
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