date:Dec 23, 2022
A group of Singapore scientists has restarted a clinical trial to look at whether supplementing ones diet with ergothioneine a compound found mainly in mushrooms can help prevent or delay cognitive impairment and dementia. The trial comes after they found that low levels of ergothioneine in the blood correlate with an increased risk of developing cognitive issues.
The scientists followed 470 senior subjects for five years, and found that the participants with the lowest blood levels of ergoth