Consuming berries, tea and red wine may reduce the risk of dementia, new study shows. Consuming 6 additional servings of flavonoid-rich foods per day, in particular berries, tea and red wine, was associated with a 28% lower risk of dementia.

I’ve linked to the press release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2823676

From the linked article:

Consuming berries, tea and red wine may reduce the risk of dementia, new study shows

“Our findings show that consuming six additional servings of flavonoid-rich foods per day, in particular berries, tea and red wine, was associated with a 28% lower risk of dementia. The findings were most noticeable in individuals with a high genetic risk as well as those with symptoms of depression.”

I love it when science says that something I’m already doing is good for me. Green tea is supposed to be a lot better than black tea though right? The benefits of eating berries just keep piling up too.

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>“Our findings show that consuming six additional servings of flavonoid-rich foods per day, in particular berries, tea and red wine, was associated with a 28% lower risk of dementia. The findings were most noticeable in individuals with a high genetic risk as well as those with symptoms of depression.”

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>“These results provide a clear public health message as they suggest that a simple measure such as increasing daily consumption of flavonoid-rich foods may lower dementia risk, especially in populations at high risk.

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>The greatest risk reduction was observed in participants consuming at least 2 of the following per day: 5 servings of tea, 1 serving of red wine, and 0.5 servings of berries, compared with those who did not achieve any of these intakes (AHR, 0.62; 95% CI, 0.46-0.84). Higher intakes of flavonoid subclasses, including anthocyanins, flavan-3-ols, flavonols, and flavones, of which tea, red wine, and berries are the main contributors, supported these findings, showing inverse associations with dementia risk.

6 extra servings seems like a lot, especially of the wine. Oh well I’ll give it a go, for science’s sake!

liver gone without dementia

Clearly someone who contributed to the study loves their wine. And forgot about the detrimental effects of alcohol.

So sangria is health food now? Good to know.