If you start eating foods rich in a compound called epicatechin now, you might be able to keep your memory sharp even into the old age. Epicatechin is a natural compound found in blueberries, tea, grapes, and cocoa. In mice trials, it has been shown that the combination of exercise and a diet with epicatechin promoted structural and functional changes in the dentate gyrus, a part of the brain involved in the formation of learning and memory.
When studying their brains, van Praag and her colleagues found that these mice had greater blood vessel growth in the dentate gyrus and …read more