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Boost Memory: Drink Lots of Caffeine
Isn’t it ironic that schools are banning energy drinks in a time when test scores are everything, while a new study shows that large amounts of caffeine is actually believed to enhance memory.
According to a new study in Japan, scientists found out that just as muscle cells are stimulated by caffeine, brain cells in the hippocampus are stimulated to increase calcium concentration. This improves the cells signal flow, which improves memory.
The scientists noted that in the mice they were working with, they used a high concentration of caffeine, so drinking a cup of coffee wouldn’t do much good in increasing memory.
Perhaps a few RedLines would.
My advice to all the younger readers would be to print out the study and take it into your administrator in defense for lifting or stopping an energy drink ban at your school.
Let’s face it, schools need all the help that they can get. They’re taking out the coke machines in schools, perhaps they need to replace them with a Fixx dispenser.
Source: Mainichi Daily News
Posted in Caffeine, Health Issues · August 6th, 2008
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Fizzy drinks 'boost memory'Last updated at 14:54 15 Janeiro 2006
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Fizzy drinks, the scourge of healthy diet campaigners, can improve your memory, according to experts today.
Consuming the equivalent of two cans of soft drink can boost memory retention by a fifth and combat dementia in older people, found neuroscientists from Glasgow Caledonian University.
Psychology lecturer Dr Leigh Riby, who led the research, said people studying for exams could benefit from increasing the amount of sugar in their diet.
He focused on an area of the brain known as the hippocampus, which creates new memories but declines with the onset of dementia.
Dr Riby used a series of memory tests and brain- imaging techniques to assess how volunteers responded after guzzling sugary drinks.
He found the hippocampus lit up with activity after participants had a sweetened drink and they were able to recall 17 per cent more than without a drink.
He said: "It is widely accepted that when humans face a stressful situation they experience a natural rise in glucose in the body, particularly in the hippocampus.
"They also tend to remember these dangerous or scary occurrences more clearly than other memories.
"This glucose-memory system has evolved to help humans survive. Unfortunately, it is compromised in old age."
Glucose boost
Twenty-five volunteers aged between 18 and 52 years old took part in the study and were asked to remember a list of words.
Those that drank orange-flavoured water containing 25g of sugar, about the same as a can of Coca-Cola, could remember 11 per cent more words.
If the participants consumed twice that amount of sugar, they showed a 17 per cent improvement.
They were also around 100 milliseconds faster at remembering sets of letters shown to them a few minutes earlier.
Dr Riby continued: "Our research shows that consuming a glucose drink can significantly boost memory recall.
"What's more, our work on young and middle aged adults shows if we can 'train' our bodies early in life to effectively use their own glucose reserves, poor memory function can be minimised in adulthood."
Dr Riby's study, which is funded by the NHS and The Wellcome Trust, aims to use glucose supplements to enhance memory in patients with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Dementia affects more than 63,000 people in Scotland and costs the NHS millions of pounds in care.
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