One fruit could cut dementia risks and make you live 'five years longer'
dailyrecord.co.ukGrapes could stave off dementia and extend your lifespans, a new study has reported. Researchers have commented on the 'astonishing' effects of the common fruit on health and life expectancy.
Adding grapes to a high-fat diet reduced the risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and increased levels of antioxidant genes, reported the study recently published in the journal Food.
Previous research has found an association between NAFLD and increased dementia risks. Western New England University scientists, who conducted the study on mice, said the benefits would correspond to an additional four to five years of life in humans.Grapes are rich in health-boosting antioxidants.
One of them, resveratrol, stimulates a gene that has been linked to a longer lifespan, whilst another one - flavonoids - have anti-inflammatory effects.Pharmaceutics professor and team leader John M.
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