(AscendHealthy.com) – We associate many delicious foods with summer, from grilled hot dogs to crisp watermelon. But one popular summer fruit has more benefits than good taste. Learn in the article below which seasonal berry can actually improve our memory.
See How Strawberries Benefit Brain Health.
Benefits of Strawberries
Strawberries rank as one of the most popular summer fruits. These sweet red berries are low in calories and contain no sodium, fat, or cholesterol.
Strawberries also offer many health benefits. This fruit has more vitamin C per serving than an orange, as well as antioxidants, manganese, and potassium. Adequate plasma levels of Vitamin C has been linked with healthy cognitive performance in a 2019 Australian study.
In addition, berries like strawberries contain large amounts of flavonoids. One long-term study showed that older women who had regularly eaten berries had reduced rates of cognitive decline. Eating berries may slow the aging of the brain by as much as 2.5 years.
In addition to the above benefits, strawberries have been shown to improve our memory. The key? Strawberries provide our bodies with a compound called fisetin.
How Fisetin In Strawberries Improves Memory
Research on fisetin began about 10 years ago. Scientists discovered that the fisetin in strawberries activates sirtuin.
Sirtuins have the potential to increase our lifespan as well as our ability to remember. By protecting our neurons against age-related degeneration from conditions like Alzheimer’s, sirtuins boost our memory and learning functions.