Medical Xpress – A team of cognitive health and aging research specialists affiliated with a large number of institutions in Japan has found that ingesting wasabi can help improve both long- and short-term memory retention in older adults.
For their study, published in the journal Nutrients, the group gave one group of older adult volunteers daily wasabi tablets and another group a daily placebo for three months.
Wasabi is a kind of plant that grows in Japan and the Russian Far East—it has a green rhizome that some liken to horseradish. The rhizome is commonly used as both an ingredient in food and as a condiment.
It has also historically been considered to be a healthy type of spice because it is known to help reduce inflammation in various parts of the body.
Prior research has shown that its anti-inflammatory benefits come courtesy of 6 methylsulfinyl hexyl isothiocyanate … | READ MORE. | Image: Creative Commons 2.0 | Marco Verch Professional Photographer
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