According to a newly published study, Cocoa powder has a very good effect on the brain of the elderly, helping the nervous system of the elderly become more alert.
The study on the effects of cocoa was conducted on 90 elderly people - those who showed signs of cognitive decline such as difficulties with language, memory, perception and thinking, collectively known as people with disabilities. (MCI). Over the course of eight weeks, they drank a cup of cocoa-infused water. Each person was given different doses of the drug, from high, to moderate, and low. Through tests, people who drink a lot of water and cocoa mixed with cocoa will have better cognitive performance than people who drink at a low level.
Researcher Giovambattista Desideri, working at the University of L'Aquila in Italy concluded: Cocoa powder containing flavanols can be one of the measures to help maintain a regular diet, not only improve health of the heart but also especially good for the functioning of the brain. However, he cautioned that the results cannot be applied to all MCIs. Older people need to be very careful when changing their diets according to this new study.
But the study doesn't say that daily cocoa consumption in older people can help prevent MCI or Alzheimer's disease, an irreversible brain degenerative disease that causes dementia in the elderly. Marc L. Gordon, of the Feinstein Institute of Medical Research in Manhasset, New York, said the results of the study also showed only a small effect on the cognition of MCI people, which needs further consideration over a longer period of time. and combined with 30 minutes of exercise, at least 3 times a week.
To get more cocoa in your diet, researcher Connie Diekman, chief of nutrition science at the University of Washington, offers practical advice: Use cocoa powder as a sweetener instead of milk when making chocolate. Or add cocoa powder to yogurt, banana, and peanut smoothies.
But also have not seen them publish more about if older people with diabetes should use it or not? Sometimes science is not clear, cure one disease, then another disease emerges. The decision is still up to the "wise" patients by exercising and living in moderation from a young age, which few people can do.
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