Big news, non CoV related - polyphenols linked to lower dementia risk, large human study
Study: Long-term dietary flavonoid intake and risk of Alzheimer disease and related dementias in the Framingham Offspring Cohort. 22 April 2020 https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa079/5823790
Article about the study: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/low-flavonoid-intake-associated-with-alzheimers-risk#6-types-of-flavonoid
EGCG is a polyphenol in green tea and in the peel of pomegranates. It has been found to help regrow hippocampal cells which are the type that are damaged to the point of cell death in Alzheimer's dementia:
"Subsequently, another investigation demonstrated that administration of EGCG in adult hippocampal neural progenitor cell (NPC) cultures and in denate gyrus of adult mice improved spatial cognition thereby promoting adult neurogenesis. ... [132]. " (1)
Also see this post about urolithin, a metabolite of pomegranate juice formed by healthy microbes in our intestines and which can then cross the blood brain barrier to reduce neuroinflammation in the brain: Pomegranate, neuroinflammation, antimicrobial, metal chelator.
Pomegranate prep, seeds and peel: G13. Pomegranate.
Other beneficial phytonutrient rich foods: G10. Nrf2 Promoting Foods.
Reference list
Itika Arora, Manvi Sharma, Liou Y. Sun,Trygve O. Tollefsbol, The Epigenetic Link between Polyphenols, Aging and Age-Related Diseases. Genes 2020, 11(9), 1094; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11091094 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/9/1094/htm
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