It's good news week - 3 Treats That Make You Smarter
July 25th 2010 03:39
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Having a razor-sharp wit sure makes dinner parties more fun. And these three dinner-party treats might give your wit the edge: wine, chocolate, and tea.
A study shows that indulging in them on a regular basis may help keep minds sharper over the long haul. Compared with those in the study who rarely touched treats, the participants who regularly enjoyed them had better cognitive performance on tests.
A Tenacious Trio
Of all three treats, wine delivered the most powerful memory-preserving punch in a recent study on older volunteers. The vino aficionados were 41 percent to 53 percent less likely to suffer memory loss than those who never indulged. Next was chocolate, followed by tea. And although consuming each food or drink separately helped improve memory, volunteers who regularly enjoyed all three had the keenest wits of all.
A Little Goes a Long Way
But you don't have to own a wine cellar or buy stock in Hershey's to reap rewards. A little indulgence went a long way in the study. Volunteers with the sharpest wits downed as little as 1/3 ounce of chocolate, 3 ounces of wine, or 7 ounces of tea daily. Researchers credit the high-flavonoid content of these three indulgences with fighting inflammation, protecting against free-radical assaults, and enhancing communication between brain cells.
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