Tuesday, June 30, 2020

As we grow older, there is a need to maintain adequate cognitive and brain aging. one of the ways to maintain and enhance cognition during aging is by drinking nutritious healthy teas. Consumption of teas especially green teas helps in maintaining brain functioning and, cognition. green teas contain antioxidants and minerals which helps in brain functioning. green tea might also reduce the risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and mild cognitive impairment.

study carried out in China, it states that black tea consumption was associated with better cognitive performance among the elderly aged 60 years. This is due to healthy components of black teas such as catechins (epicatechin-3-gallate, epigallocatechin, and epigallocatechin-3-gallate, also known as EGCG), theaflavins, the arubigins, theanine, and caffeine. Another study on black tea showed that drinking black tea speeds attention and consolidation and retrieves memory. also, black tea helps in identifying the location in the visual task, increase mental alertness and information processing capacity.

Also, teas like Ginko Biloba teas help to delay the human brain aging, studies show that it can enhance the memory, prevent and slow down Alzheimer's diseases,improve concentration difficulties, and memory impairment. Ginkgo Biloba is a popular medicinal plant, it contains compounds such as flavonoids, flavone glycosides, bilobalide, ascorbic acid, catechin, and protocatechuic acid. these properties make it antioxidant.

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