Research Hit: Pomegranates Repair Brain Cells and Improve Memory

A compound found in pomegranates (and strawberries) has been shown to help repair brain cells and improve memory

Another compound in another fruit that helps the brain and memory - I don’t know where to start feasting myself?

Yes, indeed, I have previously reported on various foods such as strawberries and cranberries.

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Strawberries Improve Brain Function

So, Can Cranberries Improve Memory?

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So yes, you might be confused as to what fruits to eat the most of - I’ll give the best advice at the end. First let’s look at this research and what a specific compound in pomegranates does.

Go ahead!

This is recently published research by Xixia Chu and Jae-Hyeon Park et al. of the University of Copenhagen. They weren’t researching pomegranates but specifically various issues at hand with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

And more specifically they were researching something called mitophagy.

Err, what?

Yes, it is a specialist term, mitophagy is the clearing of dysfunctional, weak, or broken mitochondria in your cells - here brain cells. You may, or may not know, that mitochondria are the motor, the energy providing units, in cells and house your DNA.

Cleaning out this weak mitochondria enables cells to remain healthy and functional - if this cannot be cleared out then this accumulates and will translate into diminished cellular, network, and brain function.

Ok got it - and pomegranates help this cleaning out process?