Well there you are! I knew you'd be by but wasn't sure when. Glad you're here and you didn't get to frazzled in your trip through cyberspace. Bet you're ready for a perky mug of coffee and a virtual treat, huh? Go ahead..be a devil! Say...you know I try to keep you up to date on most things - especially health-related. Well, here's an interesting study I chanced across...
Enhanced extracts made from special antioxidants in spearmint and rosemary improve learning and memory, a study in an animal model at Saint Louis University found.
"We found that these proprietary compounds reduce deficits caused by mild cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease," said Susan Farr, Ph.D., research professor geriatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
Farr added, "This probably means eating spearmint and rosemary is
good for you. However, our experiments were in an animal model and I
don't know how much -- or if any amount -- of these herbs people would
have to consume for learning and memory to improve. In other words, I'm
not suggesting that people chew more gum at this point."
Farr presented the early findings at Neuroscience 2013, a meeting of 32,000 on Monday, Nov. 11. She tested a novel antioxidant-based ingredient made from spearmint extract and two different doses of a similar antioxidant made from rosemary extract on mice that have age-related cognitive decline.
She found that the higher dose rosemary extract compound was the most
powerful in improving memory and learning in three tested behaviors.
The lower dose rosemary extract improved memory in two of the behavioral
tests, as did the compound made from spearmint extract.
Further, there were signs of reduced oxidative stress, which is considered a hallmark of age-related decline, in the part of the brain that controls learning and memory.
"Our research suggests these extracts made from herbs might have beneficial effects on altering the course of age-associated cognitive decline," Farr said. "It's worth additional study."
We use rosemary quite a lot with pork. Great with lamb, too. Love the flavour it gives the meat. We also use mint in 'Larp' - one of our favourite Thai dishes. Yummy. Of, course, there is mint tea...not so sure about mint coffee.
See ya, eh!
Bob
Enhanced extracts made from special antioxidants in spearmint and rosemary improve learning and memory, a study in an animal model at Saint Louis University found.
"We found that these proprietary compounds reduce deficits caused by mild cognitive impairment, which can be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease," said Susan Farr, Ph.D., research professor geriatrics at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
Farr presented the early findings at Neuroscience 2013, a meeting of 32,000 on Monday, Nov. 11. She tested a novel antioxidant-based ingredient made from spearmint extract and two different doses of a similar antioxidant made from rosemary extract on mice that have age-related cognitive decline.
Further, there were signs of reduced oxidative stress, which is considered a hallmark of age-related decline, in the part of the brain that controls learning and memory.
"Our research suggests these extracts made from herbs might have beneficial effects on altering the course of age-associated cognitive decline," Farr said. "It's worth additional study."
We use rosemary quite a lot with pork. Great with lamb, too. Love the flavour it gives the meat. We also use mint in 'Larp' - one of our favourite Thai dishes. Yummy. Of, course, there is mint tea...not so sure about mint coffee.
See ya, eh!
Bob
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