Perfect Antioxidant, This Fruit Found Everywhere Makes You Smarter, According to Scientists

Eating these fruits, available in supermarkets, is beneficial for intellectual abilities according to a study.

Fruits are good for your health and some are even good for your intellectual abilities. This is in any case the result of a recent study published inNutrients. Participants ate half a cup of this fruit per day for 12 weeks and resulted in improvements in their learning, memory, and executive functions, such as decision-making, planning, and organization. Participants also experienced lower insulin levels, signifying efficient processing of carbohydrates.

These fruits are rich in antioxidants, particularly anthocyanins, which may explain such results. This antioxidant promotes, in fact, the production of energy at the cellular level. Flavonoids, on the other hand, protect the brain from damage linked to free radicals, responsible for premature aging. cells.

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Thus, with these fruits, it is possible to strengthen one's mental performance while preventing neurodegenerative diseases. However, the annual consumption of this fruit in France is not very high. In 2020, it only amounted to 207g per capita over the year, two to four times less than in neighboring countries. In fact, only 11% of the French consume eat it. 

This fruit, you can find it everywhere: it's the blueberry. "We observed better performance for the blueberry group on measures of lexical access and memory interference, and participants treated with blueberries reported reduced difficulties encoding memory in activities of daily living," write the authors of the study. This suggests that “continued blueberry supplementation may help protect against cognitive decline when used early.” They are also rich in vitamins K and C and contain potassium, magnesium, and phosphorus.

Of course, this is not a miracle fruit that fixes everything. It must be accompanied by healthy eating and exercise to reduce age-related cognitive decline. Blueberries are one of the flagship fruits in supermarkets in the summer, especially from July to September, but they can be found all year round, in all stores, in the frozen food section. Fresh, they can be kept for about a week in the refrigerator. The price is generally between 2 and 4 euros for a 125g tub.