This article was originally published on Dec. 29, 2022.
Alzheimer’s often causes memory loss and personality changes, usually in the elderly. And it’s difficult to treat — the chemical processes associated with the disease actually begin several years before symptoms show up. By the time patients are diagnosed, the damage is already done.
As a result, one strategy used to prevent the onset of these changes is eating nutritious foods, sometimes called nutraceuticals. Some previous research had suggested that hops — the plant added to most brews to give them a variety of bitter, aromatic and sometimes fruity aromas, depending on the variety — counteract some of the chemicals that may cause Alzheimer’s.
So, in a study published recently in ACS Chemical Neuroscience, Cristina Airoldi and Alessandro Palmioli from the Milan Center for Neuroscience took a closer look at the chemical compounds that make up different kinds of hops.
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