Two glasses of orange juice daily does miracles to boost brainpower of the elderly

#orangejuice #flavanoids #health #brainpower Oranges contain high levels of a chemical flavonoids and drinking orange juice on a daily basis can do miracles to improve the brain power in the elderly. This has been revealed by a study conducted by a research team from Reading University. Orange juice is packed with Vitamin C and Vitamin B6.
They had asked 37 healthy volunteers to drink 500ml – around two glasses, or nearly a pint – of orange juice every day for eight weeks. The participants consisted of 24 women and 13 men aged 60 to 81.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 16 May 2015.

At the end of the study period, there was significant improvements in brain function. The conclusions are that it takes less than two months to boost memory, speech and reaction times by close to 10 per cent.
Scientists attribute this o the presence of put the results down to the presence of flavonoids which is a natural substances available in plenty in oranges.
Dr Daniel Lamport of the Reading's school of psychology is the lead author of this study and, in his opinion, the population is ageing rapidly across the world. Tentative estimates would suggest that the number of people aged 60 or over could triple by 2100. Hence, it would be prudent to take timely action and identify simple, cost-effective ways to improve cognitive function in old age. (Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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