An study conducted by American scientists has revealed the negative effect of sugar for children’s memory. They came to this conclusion as a result of an experiment conducted on laboratory mice, according to the SCience Daily portal.
animals were divided into two groups. One of them was regularly given a sweet drink. Subsequently, they revealed violations of the function of hippocampus – the brain area responsible for memory. This affected the increased number of bacteria Parabacteroides in the intestines. After introducing them to the body of mice that do not use sugar, they also have further revealed a worsening of memory.
Research authors are confident that its results are applicable to people. In the future, they intend to continue their research to better identify the paths on which the transmission of signals from the intestine to the brain is running.
Previously, the scientists of the Institute of Biological Studies of Slek in the United States found in human brain nerve cells their own mechanisms protecting them from aging and damage. This compensate for the drawback in the copying of DNA and, thus, are the most long-lived cells.