Research
Micronutrients & recovery
Anthocyanins from purple fruits and vegetables improve cognitive function and reduce beta-amyloid deposition in early-onset Alzheimer's disease models via PPARγ activation.
Incorporate anthocyanin-rich foods (blueberries, black currants, purple vegetables) into your daily diet. This may help improve verbal fluency and memory in elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment.
ModerateSupportsMEDIUM confidence
Treatments with either total anthocyanins extracted from bilberry and black currant... or isolated cyanidin-3-O-glucopyranoside... were able to ameliorate cognitive functions in APP/PS1 mice... beneficial cognitive effects of anthocyanins are related, at least in part, to the improvement in processing of beta amyloid and neuroinflammation, which follows the activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ)
Why this rating
Strong animal data, limited human clinical data (elderly with mild cognitive impairment).
Source
Mediterranean Diet Nutrients to Turn the Tide against Insulin Resistance and Related Diseases
Maria Mirabelli et al. · Nutrients · 2020
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