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Taking gingko to improve your memory? Forget it, says study

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*The ancient Chinese remedy ginkgo is used by thousands of people trying to

stave off the effects of old age.

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*But after a six-year study involving 3,000 people, researchers say that it

doesn’t actually work.

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*Ginkgo – which has been used in Chinese medicine for more than 5,000 years

– was thought to help older people overcome memory lapses by improving the

circulation of blood, particularly to brain cells.*

*[image: Packet a Ginkgo biloboa]*

*No evidence: Journal of the American Medical Association published details

of the six-year study into the value of ginkgo biloba

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*But the most recent findings, published in the Journal of the American

Medical Association, contradict those claims.*

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*[image: Ginkgo Biloba of leaves and seeds on the Ginkgo Tree]*

*Plant: Ginkgo biloba comes from the ginkgo tree

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*The Pittsburgh University study involved 3,000 volunteers aged between 72

and 96, who took either ginkgo tablets or placebo pills twice daily.

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*The participants all lived in the community and had normal brain function,

or mild cognitive impairment, and were tested over an average of six years.

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*The researchers found ginkgo did not slow the rate of cognitive decline and

there was no effect on memory, language, attention and other brain

functions, compared with the dummy supplements.

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*Research leader Dr Beth Snitz said it was the largest randomised controlled

trial of its kind.

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*She said: ‘Ginkgo biloba is marketed widely and used with the hope of

improving, preventing or delaying cognitive impairment associated with

ageing and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.

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*‘In the United States and particularly in Europe, ginkgo biloba is perhaps

the most widely used herbal treatment consumed specifically to prevent

age-related cognitive decline.

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*‘(But) we find no evidence that ginkgo biloba slows the rate of cognitive

decline in older adults.'

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*[image: Ginkgo Biloba in tablet form]*

*Widely used: The remedy is prescribed in Germany and France for symptoms

caused by cerebral insufficiency

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*Previous research found that unique substances called ginkgolides appeared

to prevent blood vessels constricting, increased blood flow and reduced

blood clotting ability.

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*Other benefits were thought to lie in ginkgo’s antioxidant activity,

reducing the level of harmful chemicals in the body.

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*Ginkgo biloba is extracted from the leaves of the ginkgo tree, which grows

only in central China.

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*It is widely prescribed in Germany and France for symptoms caused by

‘cerebral insufficiency’, in which a poor blood supply to the brain and

extremities can trigger memory lapses and circulation difficulties in hands,

legs and feet.

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*A Health Supplements Information Service spokesman said: ‘More research is

needed but what we do know from previous studies is that ginkgo biloba has

shown good results on conditions such as memory enhancement and intermittent

leg pain caused by narrowing of the blood vessels – to name but a few

examples.'*

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