Fruit and veggies may slow Alzheimer's disease

The antioxidant fisetin, a compound found in many fruits and vegetables, could help in the battle against Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.

Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, California, found that regular treatments of fisetin prevented memory loss in mice affected with Alzheimer's. Gizmag.com reports that "the cause and progression of Alzheimer's are not well understood, current theories link the existence of the disease to amyloid plaques and tangles in the brain."

The researchers found that fisetin prevents memory loss and reduces learning difficulties in aging mice.

"The compound was tested by administering it once a day to mice with the Alzheimer's mutation from the age of three months. The mice were then put through a water maze designed to test their short-term memory and learning skills," Gizmag.com writes.

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