Protection against Alzheimer’s could be right in your kitchen

Could a simple little nut do what billions of dollars in research has failed to?

I recently told you that Consumer Reports asked two doctors to review the three drugs now approved by the FDA to treat Alzheimer’s. And how they concluded that these meds don’t do anything to help those with this terrible disease. Or reverse its course.

But researchers have just discovered something amazing. Something that looks like it can really help.

And unlike those drugs, this may offer a promising beneficial effect in “reducing the risk, delaying the onset, slowing the progression of, or preventing Alzheimer’s disease.”

And with no awful side effects.

Believe it or not, the secret miracle is…walnuts.

Yes, walnuts. I know it sounds too simple to be possible. But it looks like this common nut is much more complex than you could imagine.

A study just published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease has found that mice fed a walnut-enriched diet showed significant improvement in learning skills, memory, and motor development, as well as reduced anxiety.

And the amount of walnuts they consumed made up only 6 or 9 percent of their diets. That equals about 1 ounce or 1.5 ounces a day for us.

In a previous experiment, lead researcher Abha Chauhan, PhD., found walnut extract even protected against those amyloid plaques seen in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

And the fact that walnuts were created to help our brains makes perfect sense. Actually, the clue to that has been right in front of our eyes all along.

Just think what it looks like when you crack that shell open…the walnut itself looks like a miniature brain.

Sources:
“Fight against Alzheimer’s disease: New research on walnuts” October 21, 2014, ScienceDaily, sciencedaily.com