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Strawberries ‘can reduce

inflammation of the brain’

EATING strawberries could
help protect the brain from Alz-
heimer's by reducing inflammati-
on, scientists have claimed.
A team of researchers led by
Rush University in Chicago, Illi-
nois found adults over 65 years
old who regularly ate the fruits
MPs call for disclaimer logo had fewer tau proteins in their
brains, which can lead to the de-
on photoshopped images bilitating disease at higher con-
centrations.
Strawberries are one of the top
and prescription only fillers sources of pelangonidin, which is
thought to be an anti-inflamma-
LIP fillers should be made pre- image dissatisfaction. tory. Others are raspberries, kid-
scription-only, MPs demanded to- It also called for an end to the ney beans, plums and radishes.
day in a clampdown on the UK's 'conveyor belt' of non-surgical nal epidemiologist who was also
Scientists warned, however, allowing researchers to keep tra-
cowboy cosmetic market. cosmetic procedures — including that the study was observational ck. They also had their cognitive involved in the research, said it
Influencers should also be forced lip-fillers and Botox — by bringing meaning it could not prove whet-
to add disclaimer logos to photo- forward a licensing regime. her it was actually the strawber- ability tested annually. was a 'simple change' that anyone
Results
could make to their diet.
post-mortem
from
shopped images so vulnerable so- This should include minimum ries that were protecting against showed that among the group But he also warned the study
cial media users know they're not training standards for people pro- the disease or another factor. that ate the most strawberries, was observational, meaning it
natural. viding the services and a 'cooling Published last week in the Jour- the lowest concentration of tau was not clear whether the straw-
These images, created through off' period between consent and
various filters, have been blamed the procedure. nal of Alzheimer's Disease, the proteins was observed. berries reduced the risk.
'Further research is needed to
study looked at the brain's of 575
Inflammation in the brain may
for fostering body dysphoria Under current rules, an aesthet- deceased patients with an avera- be caused by many factors inc- understand the role of nutrition
among Britons unsatisfied by how ic practitioner in the UK doesn't ge age of 91 years. None had Al- luding a lack of sleep, infections in Alzheimer's disease,' he said,
they look. need any mandatory qualifica- zheimer's.
The Health and Social Care Com- tions. It means that anyone can go and extreme stress. These are 'but this study gives us hope on
mittee said the Government is 'not on a training course and then be For more than two decades be- also risk factors for developing how specific dietary components
doing enough to understand the allowed to perform dermal filler fore their deaths each had filled Alzheimer's disease. such as berries may help brain
scale of the risks' linked to body treatments. in a survey annually on their diet Dr Puja Agarwal, a nutritio- health'.
People who wear fitness tracking `

devices are more likely to lose weight Scientists say using smartphones really

THE motivation to close the guson, lead researcher at PhD can boost your memory
rings on your fitness watch or candidate at the school, said in a
to set a new high score on your statement. that we back up the most im-
pedometer has long-term posi- 'They encourage people to ex- portant information.'
tive health benefits, a new study ercise on a regular basis, to make The results, published in the
finds. it part of their routine and to set Journal of Experimental Psy-
goals to lose weight.' chology: General, show that
Researchers from the Univer- Researchers, who published when the volunteers were al-
sity of South Australia, in Ade- their findings in The Lancet, per- lowed leave reminders, their
laide, found that people who use formed a meta-analysis on 400 memory improved by 18 per
a wearable fitness device of some studies from across the world. cent.
sort walk an average of 1,800 In total, data from over 150,000 Dr Gilbert, a neuroscientist
more steps per day than their people was included in the batch at UCL, said: 'We found that
peers who do not. of data used by the research team. when people were allowed
This extra walking can have Each individual study had its to use an external memory,
significant health benefits for a own population size, methodol- the device helped them to
person over time as well, as using ogy and measurements of how remember the information
the device increases a person's wearing the device could impact they had saved into it.
overall weight loss by around two their health. 'This was hardly surprising.'
pounds every five months. Researchers adjusted data to But the results also showed
There have been many skeptics normalize populations across the their memory for low-value
of the booming industry of wear- groups to find the overall impact USING your smartphone volunteers proved stronger circles was 27 per cent better,
able devices, but this study shows of the devices. doesn't necessarily make you when they were allowed to set even among those who didn't
that those serious about increas- They found that those who forgetful it could actually reminders on their phone. make notes for those.
ing their daily physical activity wear the device took nearly 2,000 have the opposite effect, ex- Study author Dr Sam Gil- Dr Gilbert added: 'This was
and weight loss can gain from more steps each day than people perts say. bert, from University College because using the device
consistent use of the technology. who lived similar lifestyles to A study of nearly 160 adults London, said the results show shifted the way that people
'The overall results from the themselves.
studies we reviewed shows that Over time, the light amounts failed to stack up the 'use it or digital time and location re- used their memory to sto-
lose it' memory theory.
re high-importance versus
minders do work.
wearable activity trackers are ef- of extra work each day can help
fective across all age groups and a person shed a few pounds and Instead, the memories of 'But we need to be careful low-importance information.
for long periods of time,' Ty Fer- slightly improve their health.