Cocoa-extract May Prevent Alzheimer’s

Cocoa-extract May Prevent Alzheimer’s Talk about a mouth-watering study. Cocoa-extract may reduce damage to nerve pathways seen in Alzheimer‰Ûªs. Researchers have found that a specific preparation of cocoa-extract called Lavado may reduce damage long before people develop symptoms. A study conducted at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published June 20 in the Journal of Alzheimer‰Ûªs Disease (JAD).åÊ suggest that Lavado cocoa extract prevents the protein ë_-amyloid- (Aë_) from gradually forming sticky clumps in the brain, which are known to damage nerve cells as Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease progresses. Lavado cocoa is primarily composed of polyphenols, antioxidants also found in fruits and vegetables, with past studies suggesting that they prevent degenerative diseases of the brain. The Mount Sinai study results revolve around synapses, the gaps between nerve cells. Within healthy nerve pathways, each nerve cell sends an electric pulse down itself until it reaches a synapse where it triggers the release of chemicals called neurotransmitters that float across the gap and cause the downstream nerve cell to ‰ÛÏfire‰Û and pass on the message. The theory is that these sticky clumps physically interfere and disrupt mechanisms that maintain memory circuits‰Ûª fitness. In addition, this triggers immune inflammatory responses, like an infection, bringing an on a rush of chemicals and cells meant to destroy invaders but that damage our own cells instead. Evidence in the current study is the first to suggest that adequate quantities of specific cocoa polyphenols in the diet over time may prevent Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease. Research suggests that turning cocoa-based Lavado into a dietary supplement may provide a safe, inexpensive and easily accessible means to prevent Alzheimer‰Ûªs disease, even in its earliest, asymptomatic stages.