Thursday, November 13, 2008

Grape seeds could ward off Alzheimer's and other dementias

News-Medical.Net
Medical Research News
Australian scientists are suggesting that grape seeds may be a potential treatment in warding off Alzheimer's and other dementias
The scientists at Flinders University have found that adding grape seed extract to the diet prevented the formation of deposits of amyloid proteins in the brain.
The discovery was made by a team of medical scientists in the Department of Human Physiology, headed by Professor Xin-Fu Zhou, in trials with mice.
Professor Zhou says the over-production of amyloid-beta proteins, or the body's failure to degrade them, leads to the formation of clumps or snarls in the brain......read the whole story

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