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Soda to help your memory?Posted Jan 16th 2006 12:04PM by Nick VagnoniFiled under: Science, Northern Europe, NewspapersI
recently read an article
about researchers in Glasgow examining how sugary sodas may help increase brain function and boost memory. Researchers
gave test subjects sugary beverages and examined how well they performed memory based exercises such as remembering
lists of words and letters. Those that drank the equivalent of two cans of cola did about 20 percent better than the
non-soda drinkers. To my layman's understanding, this is because our brains need glucose (sugar) to function properly,
whether it comes straight from a soda or gets processed from carbohydrates. Researchers hope to combat dementia from
Alzheimer's with glucose supplements and also help younger bodies learn to use glucose more efficiently. I've always
been told that using a burst of glucose from a soda or candy bar was a short term solution, however. Some people
experience a "crash" afterwards and excessive soda drinkers often run the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
The Franklin Institute Online has a detailed yet accessible section
about this sort of brain chemistry. I suggest reading through that in addition to the Glasgow article.
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