Pensioner's Brain Maintenance: Beer in the Morning, Cocoa...

potty · Post by **potty** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 5:56 pm

MORNING PROTOCOL

A daily wine or beer is good for your memory - and better than being teetoal

Pensioners who enjoy a drink a day are better at recalling events
Their hippocampus - the area of the brain controlling memory - was larger
Previous research found alcohol helps boost number of nerve cells in brain
Experts warned binge drinking is known to harm the brain

By Madlen Davies for MailOnline
Published: 12:02 GMT, 23 October 2014 | Updated: 12:08 GMT, 23 October 2014

A daily pint of beer or glass of wine can ward off dementia, according to a new study.

Researchers found pensioners who enjoy a daily drop of their favourite alcoholic beverage have better memories than teetotallers.

The study showed those over 60 who drank sensibly were better at recalling events, and had more grey matter in the hippocampus, the area of the brain which controls memory.

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EVENING PROTOCOL

How a cup of cocoa before bed 'can help improve your memory': Chemical found in the beans could help fight
against dementia

A key ingredient in chocolate may even reversed age-related memory decline
People aged 50 to 69 who were given either a high or a low dose of cocoa
Participants who consumed a high dose of cocoa flavanols over three months were much faster than those who received a low flavanol dose

By Sam Webb for MailOnline
Published: 04:19 GMT, 27 October 2014 | Updated: 09:32 GMT, 27 October 2014

Chocolate could help stave off dementia by increasing blood flow to a part of the brain that helps with memory, suggests new research.

The study found that a key ingredient in chocolate may even reverse age-related memory decline in healthy older people.

The research showed antioxidants in cocoa - called dietary cocoa flavanols - helped improve the memory of pensioners.

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StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:28 pm

potty wrote:A daily wine or beer is good for your memory - and better than being teetoal

Did you know this is biblical?

Post by **Username Taken** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:36 pm

StroppyChops wrote:
potty wrote:A daily wine or beer is good for your memory - and better than being teetoal
Did you know this is biblical?

Any chance that it could precede biblical? The biblicists probably picked up on it later and threw it in as good old fashioned common sense, as much of the bible is.

I'll drink to that.

(Shame I'll have forgotten about it in the morning though)

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 9:47 pm

Username Taken wrote:
StroppyChops wrote:
potty wrote:A daily wine or beer is good for your memory - and better than being teetoal
Did you know this is biblical?
Any chance that it could precede biblical? The biblicists probably picked up on it later and threw it in as good old fashioned common sense, as much of the bible is.

I'll drink to that.

(Shame I'll have forgotten about it in the morning though)

Are you referring to the writers of the original documents, or the interpretors? Either way, interesting point. Personally, I always enjoy watching a religious teetotaler trying to justify a zero-tolerance policy.

potty · Post by **potty** » Mon Oct 27, 2014 10:31 pm

which of the cheapish thin local 0.75ct-drafts is qualitywise best - brewed with hops and malt ?