Will Black Currants Aid Alzheimer’s Sufferers?
August 4, 2006 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Another food with possible benefits for Alzheimer’s sufferers is black currants. According to The Currant Company (www.thecurrantcompany.com), black currants have “twice the antioxidants of blueberries, 3-4 times the Vitamin C of oranges, twice the potassium of bananas, and they are rich in calcium, iron, manganese and magnesium.”
Thus, according the their newsletter, this research gives indications that black currants with these qualities fight the ”free redicals that can lead to premature aging, Alzheimer’s, and cancer.”
The Currant Company raise these berries and is in the process of developing currant products, the first of which is a black currant nectar.
For more information, consult The Currant Company web site; also you can subscribe their e-newsletter. They are located in the Hudson River Valley of New York State.
In the UK, one of the biggest blackcurrant juice and concentrates manufacturers is Ribena (www.ribena.com). I just came across their website because they were funding research to boost Vitamin C (an antioxidant) in blackcurrant.
Thank you or this additional information about black currant juice, Ruth.
Mary Emma