Am J Clin Nutr: For a good memory, drink more pomegranate juice.

Antioxidant nutrients such as polyphenols in pomegranate juice can prevent damage to neurons from freelances produced during normal metabolism.
previous studies in animals and short-term clinical trials in middle-aged and elderly people have supported the potential benefits of pomegranate juice for memory;
study, we looked at the long-term effects of pomegranate juice on memory in middle-aged and older people without dementia.
In this 12-month randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial, we included 210 subjects (age 50-75 y) who were randomly assigned to consume pomegranate juice (8 ounces (236.5 mL) per day) or placebo beverages (8 ounces, in addition to pomegranate polyphenols, with a matching composition of pomegranate juice).
is evaluated at 6 and 12 months for memory measurements (Brief Visual Spatial Memory Test-Revision (BVMT-R) and Buschke Selective Memory Test (SRT) and analyzed using a general linear model of mixed effects.
28 subjects in the pomegranate juice group and 33 in the placebo group withdrew before completing the study.
the baseline variables of the 98 pomegranate juice groups and 102 placebo group subjects who completed the study were not significantly different.
For BVMT-R learning, the grouping by time interaction was statistically significant (F2,257?
other BVMT-R scores and changes in SRT indicators between groups were not significantly different between the groups.
, the results show that drinking pomegranate juice daily can stabilize the ability to learn visual information for 12 months.
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