| There are more than 75 million baby | | | | findings are relatively new, the link |
| boomers in the United States. And as the | | | | between food and the brain sounds |
| biggest portion of this generation | | | | promising. |
| approaches retirement age, more and more | | | | The Antioxidant Story |
| of its members are becoming concerned | | | | The most prominent subject in the study |
| about memory problems, particularly | | | | about the connection between food and |
| Alzheimer's disease. If you belong to | | | | the brain is the one about antioxidants. |
| the baby boomer generation, you should | | | | Basically antioxidants are organic |
| be concerned too; the common form of | | | | substances that are secreted by plants |
| Alzheimer's disease can afflict anyone | | | | as a protection from cellular |
| who is at least sixty years old. This | | | | destabilization caused by free radicals. |
| disease can be more sporadic rather than | | | | Antioxidants have been also found to |
| hereditary, which is why Alzheimer's has | | | | effectively counter the oxidative |
| become the most common cause for | | | | deterioration that happens in the brain |
| dementia and other ailments | | | | as you age. |
| characterized by the decline in brain | | | | Where do you find antioxidants? Well, if |
| functioning. | | | | you take a look at fruits and vegetables |
| Causes Of Alzheimer's Disease | | | | that have bright appetizing colors, you |
| Doctors have been continually baffled by | | | | have found your ticket away from |
| what causes Alzheimer's. But one thing | | | | Alzheimer's and other brain |
| is for sure, as people age, a waxy | | | | malfunctions. The bright colors |
| fibrous stuff called amyloid starts to | | | | exhibited by certain fruits and |
| accumulate in the brain. Amyloid plaque | | | | vegetables are actually caused by |
| is responsible for the degeneration of | | | | antioxidants; theoretically, the |
| various tissues in the body; you can | | | | brighter and richer the color of a fruit |
| just imagine what this substance can do | | | | or vegetable, the higher concentration |
| when it gathers in your brain. | | | | of antioxidant substances. |
| On top of this, as you count the years | | | | If you eat fruits and vegetables that |
| that you have lived, millions of neurons | | | | have high levels of antioxidants, you |
| found in the brain simply stop to send | | | | absorb the same substances that protect |
| and receive impulses which are the | | | | plants from elements like pollution and |
| primary means of communication for your | | | | extreme weather conditions. Antioxidants |
| brain cells. The overall effect is a | | | | in your body will help you reverse most |
| total decline in your brain's ability to | | | | of the effects of aging. From painful |
| organize and handle thoughts. The | | | | joints, to wrinkly skin, to ailing |
| obvious solution is for your brain to | | | | organs, up to a malfunctioning brain, |
| create new perfectly-functioning cells. | | | | antioxidants seem to be the real |
| But before you can even say replacement, | | | | fountain of youth. |
| your brain tells you that when you are | | | | Generally speaking, foods rich in |
| sixty, it is already having a hard time | | | | selenium, vitamins C and E, and |
| or no longer capable of creating new | | | | beta-carotene are also rich in |
| cells. | | | | antioxidants. In the case of vitamins C |
| Is It Really This Hopeless For Aging | | | | and E, they boost your immune system in |
| People? | | | | defending against any bacterial or viral |
| The good news is that, various studies | | | | attack. Selenium on the other hand has |
| and researches about nutrition have been | | | | been known to help fight oxidation in |
| found to directly affect the brain's | | | | the cells. But the most famous of all |
| functioning. With the right kind of | | | | antioxidants is beta-carotene which can |
| diet, you can protect your brain from | | | | protect you from the harshness of solar |
| Alzheimer's and reverse the effects of | | | | radiation. |
| aging to your brain. Although these | | | | |