Marshall G Miller, Nopporn Thangthaeng, Grant A Rutledge, Tammy M Scott, Barbara Shukitt-Hale
Functional changes in the brain during aging can alter learning and memory, gait, and balance - in some cases leading to early cognitive decline, disability, or injurious falls among older adults. Dietary interventions with strawberry (SB) have been associated with improvements in neuronal, psychomotor, and cognitive function in rodent models of aging. We hypothesized that dietary supplementation with SB would improve mobility and cognition among older adults. In this study, 22 men and 15 women, between the ages of 60 and 75 years, were recruited into a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in which they consumed either freeze-dried SB (24g/d, equivalent to 2 cups of fresh SB) or a SB placebo for 90 days...
January 20, 2021: British Journal of Nutrition