REMEMBERING TO DRINK JUICE MAY REDUCE ALZHEIMER'S RISK

According to the findings of a recent study, that daily glass of juice may affect age-related Alzheimer's.

Can drinking a glass of juice each day actually help prevent Alzheimer's? That's what recent research findings published in The American Journal of Medicine report. In fact, in the study, those individuals who drank three or more servings of fruit and vegetable juice per week had a 76 percent lower risk of developing the disease than those who drank juice less than once per week. The ten-year study was part of a large cross-cultural, lifestyle look at dementia.

Researchers examined the habits of 1,836 individuals in Seattle, Washington who showed no signs of dementia. The study tracked their consumption of fruit and vegetable juices and then assessed cognitive function bi-annually for ten years. After taking into account other factors like smoking, education, physical activity and fat intake, researchers found frequent juice drinkers to be more than 75% less likely to develop signs of Alzheimer's disease than individuals who limited their juice consumption to one serving or less per week.

Even better news was the dramatically enhanced benefit seen among study participants who carry the specific genetic marker linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease.