Daily consumption of blueberries shows positive changes in cognitive function of older adults

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Daily consumption of blueberries shows positive changes in cognitive function of older adults

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March 13, 2017 at 4:30 AM

New research published in the European Journal of Nutrition found that daily consumption of the equivalent of one cup of fresh blueberries, given as 24 g of freeze-dried powder, showed positive changes in cognitive function over a placebo. The research, "Dietary blueberry improves cognition among older adults in a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial," was conducted at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.

Conducted over a 90-day period, 13 healthy men and 24 healthy women between the ages of 60 and 75 were randomly assigned to receive either freeze-dried Highbush blueberry powder daily (the equivalent to one cup of fresh blueberries) or a placebo powder. The subjects were tested for balance, gait and cognition at baseline, and again at 45 and 90 days.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20170313/Daily-consumption-of-blueberries-shows-positive-changes-in-cognitive-function-of-older-adults.aspx

[anubias]

I can't abide blueberries.  I assume they have them in pill form.  Only way I could get them down.  Ugh.

[Wingnut]

Don't know when I've been so blue
Don't it make my brown stool blue

[truth_seeker]

I can't abide blueberries.  I assume they have them in pill form.  Only way I could get them down.  Ugh.

"either freeze-dried Highbush blueberry powder daily (the equivalent to one cup of fresh blueberries) or a placebo powder"

[anubias]

"either freeze-dried Highbush blueberry powder daily (the equivalent to one cup of fresh blueberries) or a placebo powder"

I read that, but didn't see if they put the powder in pill form or made the poor souls drink it like metamucil.  Not drinking it.  No way.  No how.  LOL  Powder needs to be concentrated into a single horse pill for me.  ;)