Drinking a cup of tea a day prevents senile dementia

    Drinking a cup of tea a day keeps senile dementia away, halving the risk by 50%. This is established by a research published in the US magazine "Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging".

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    Drinking a cup of tea a day keeps senile dementia away, halving the risk by 50%. This is established by a research published in the US magazine "Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging".





    Whether it's black tea, green tea or other varieties it doesn't matter, the famous drink can cut the risks of half senile dementia, percentage that even rises to 86% among those who carry a genetic mutation that favors the disorders of mental decline: it is the APOE gene, which in the variant of the "E4 allele", seems to favor the development ofAlzheimer.

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    Hypothesis documented by Professor Feng Lei of the Department of Psychological Medicine of the National University of Singapore at (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The team of researchers monitored for seven long years, 957 volunteers aged 55 and over.

    Participants were divided into two groups: carriers of the gene variant and non-carriers. The study obviously took into account other health conditions and conditions lifestyles of each.

    But the data turned out to be clear: the risk of dementia is halved in daily tea drinkers and falls by 86% among carriers of the altered gene.

    Drinking a cup of tea a day prevents senile dementia

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    The research team also found that the role neuro protective of tea consumption on cognitive function is not limited to a particular type.


    “Our findings have important implications for the prevention of dementia. Despite the trials, drug therapy is far from giving satisfactory results, ”he explained Feng Lei.


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    The benefit would be given by the bioactive compounds that are in it leaves themselves, compounds that have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that protect the brain.

    Dominella Trunfio

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