What can the elderly eat to prevent dementia?

　　foreign media It was recently reported that a new study by the United States Department of Agriculture found that eating a handful of berries every day can help "organize" the brain, prevent brain aging, and thereby prevent Alzheimer's disease.

　　Various colorful berries such as strawberries and blueberries can trigger the "housewife mechanism" in the brain, just like tidying up a messy room or defragmenting a computer. The more clutter the brain has, the more likely it is that it will lead to memory impairment, etc. disease , accelerates brain aging and is more likely to lead to Alzheimer's disease.

　　Research has found that "housewife cells" in the brain can destroy or recycle "biochemical debris" in the brain. If these biochemical debris are not cleaned up in time, they can easily cause danger to the normal working of the brain. As we age, the brain's self-cleaning ability gradually decreases, and biochemical debris accumulates more and more.

　　The person in charge, USDA expert Shibu Poros, said that if the "housewife cells" are too active, they are easy to attack. healthy Brain cells, and new research has discovered for the first time that eating berries can play a "brain-rescuing" role.

　　Berries are an excellent food source of the antioxidant anthocyanins. Anthocyanins can prevent heart disease, cancer , Alzheimer's disease and diabetes and other health care effects. In addition, foods such as eggplant, beetroot, purple cabbage and plums are also good sources of red and purple anthocyanins.