Fruit And Vegetable Juice May Ward Off Alzheimer's
(NY, Reuters Health, 9/5/06)

From 1992 through2001, Dr. Qui Dai of the Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and team, tracked 1,836 Japanese residents of Washington state, who were dementia-free at the outset. The researchers found that subjects drinking juices at least three times a week had a significantly lower risk of developing dementia compared to those consuming juice less than once weekly. These findings suggest that fruit and vegetable juices may help block Alzheimer's, especially in people genetically predisposed to the disease. The scientists speculate that the phytonutrients in plant foods may exert antioxidant effects on reactive oxygen species (ROS), the harmful byproducts of metabolism, which are thought to contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease.

(The American Journal of Medicine, September 2006)