{"id":151310,"date":"2023-09-06T04:30:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T08:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/?p=151310"},"modified":"2023-09-04T20:43:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T00:43:18","slug":"benefits-of-rosemary-for-brain-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/151310","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Rosemary for Brain Function"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Benefits of Rosemary for Brain Function\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NebRZvw2ge0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBenefits of Rosemary for Brain Function in Hamlet, Act, 4, Scene, 5, Ophelia notes that rosemary is for remembrance, an idea that goes back at least a few thousand years to the ancient Greeks who claimed that rosemary comforts. The brain sharpens understanding, restores lost memory and awakens the mind. After all, plants can be considered little chemical factories that manufacture all sorts of compounds that could have neuroprotective benefits.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo let’s cut down on processed foods and eat lots of phytonutrient-rich whole plant foods, including perhaps a variety of herbs.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nEven the smell of certain herbs may affect how our brain works.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUnfortunately, I’ve found much of the aromatherapy literature scientifically unsatisfying, like there’d, be studies like this, offering subjective impressions and so fine sure sniffing.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAn herbal sachet is indeed easy, inexpensive, and safe, but is it effective? They didn’t compare tests, scores, or anything Even when there was a control group where researchers had people do a battery of tests in a room that smelled like rosemary, lavender, or nothing, and even when they did compare test results.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe lavender appeared to slow them down, and impair their performance, whereas the rosemary group seemed to do better, But maybe that’s just because of the mood effects.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMaybe the rosemary group did better just because the aroma kind of pepped them up And not necessarily in a good way, maybe kind of overstimulating.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn some circumstances, there have been studies that measured people’s brain waves and were able to correlate the EEG findings with the changes in mood and performance, along with objective changes in stress hormone levels.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nBut is this all just because pleasant smells improve people? S moods Like if you created some synthetic rosemary fragrance with a bunch of chemicals that had nothing to do with the rosemary plant.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWould it still have the same effect We didn’t know until now that aromatic herbs do have volatile compounds that theoretically could enter the bloodstream by way of the lining of the nose or lungs and then potentially cross into the brain and have direct effects? But this was the first study to put it to the test.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThey had.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nPeople do math in a cubicle infused with rosemary aroma, and so yes, they got that same boost in performance, but for the first time showed how much better they did correlate with the amount of a rosemary compound that made it into their bloodstream.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nJust from being in the room, and so not only did this show that it gets absorbed, but that such natural aromatic plant compounds may be playing a direct effect on changes in brain function.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/5699767\/pexels-photo-5699767.jpeg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;h=650&amp;w=940\" \/>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIf that’s just what smelling it can do? What about eating rosemary? We have studies on alertness and cognition and reduced stress hormone levels, by inhaling rosemary.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHowever, there were no clinical studies on cognitive performance following ingestion of rosemary.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nUntil now, Older adults, average age 75 were given two cups of tomato juice, with either nothing or a half.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA teaspoon of powdered rosemary, which is what one might use in a typical recipe, or a full teaspoon, two teaspoons, or over a tablespoon of rosemary powder, and they even gave them some placebo pills to go with it to even further eliminate any placebo effects.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSpeed of memory is a potentially useful predictor of cognitive function during aging, and what they found is that the lowest dose had a beneficial effect, accelerating their processing speed, but the highest dose impaired their processing speed, maybe because the half-teaspoon dose improved alertness, while the 4 Teaspoon dose decreased alertness, So rosemary powder at the dose nearest to normal, culinary consumption demonstrated positive effects on speed of memory.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe implicit take-home message being more isn’t necessarily better. Take high doses of herbal supplements extracts tinctures, just cooking with spices is sufficient.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nA conclusion, no doubt pleasing to the spice company that sponsored the study.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNo side effects were reported, but that doesn’t mean you can eat the whole bush.\r\n\r\nThis poor guy swallowed a rosemary twig which punctured through the stomach into his liver, causing an abscess from which 2 cups of pus and a 2-inch twig were removed, so explore herbs and spices in your cooking Branch out.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nJust leave the branches out.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NebRZvw2ge0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As found on YouTube<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flywait.naturalsyn.hop.clickbank.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natural Synergy<\/a> $47.\u2070\u2070 New Non-Invasive Alternative. To Electro-Acupuncture, Producing Astounding Results\u2026 Self-Application Is Easy, Rapid Response. 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