New study highlights potential Daiwa Brain Health benefits
A recently published study delved into the potential cognitive health benefits taking the Daiwa Brain Health supplement may be able to provide.
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A recently published pilot study performed by Fred Pescatore, MD, MPH, a Daiwa Health Development advisory board member, investigated the efficacy of Daiwa Brain Health. The study published in Alternative Therapies1, utilized 30 subjects that were split into two groups, each containing 15 participants. One group received Daiwa Brain Health with 0.5 mg plasmalogen per capsule and the other group received 10 mg apoaequorin and 50 μg vitamin D and D3 (cholecalciferol) per capsule. Additionally, the press release mentioned that participants took the Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS) and Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) so that a baseline could be formed on cognitive function before the study began and when it concluded.
Pescatore witnessed impressive results. The group of participants that received Daiwa Brain Health were shown to have an improvement in both the AMTS and SMMSE. In comparison to the blended-supplement group, the group not receiving Daiwa Brain Health did not reveal much improvement.1
Daiwa Brain Health is a cognitive nutritional supplement which contains Hokkaido Scallop Oil Plasmalogen (HSOP) as the main ingredient. According to the press release, HSOP contains strong antioxidant properties which helps make it a prime component of cell membranes. As we age, HSOP levels decline. The press release reports that, “Blood plasmalogen levels in older individuals (average age, 65.5 years) are reported to be approximately 40% lower compared with the levels in younger people (average age, 23.5 years).”
Other published studies2,3 have discussed results where participants were taking 0.5 mg or 1 mg of scallop-derived plasmalogens each day saw a rise in blood plasmalogen levels. Studies that were conducted on animals4 also showed that brain inflammation andameliorates memory impairment were obtained through oral administration of plasmalogen.
“I don't think there's any person in that age category that doesn't say that they could use some help with their brain or memory,” Pescatore commented in the press release. “And now, especially people in their 40s and 50s are asking for a supplement that protects and promotes healthy brain function. I think people want to keep their brain functioning as well as they can and for as long as they can.”
References
- Pescatore, F., Comparison of Daiwa Brain Health (Hokkaido Scallop Oil Plasmalogen) and Prevagen (Apoaequorin) on Cognitive Function: An In-Office Pilot Study, Alternative Therapies, 2024,. 30(10).
- Fujino, T.; Yamada, T.; Asada, T; et al. Efficacy and blood plasmalogen changes by oral administration of plasmalogen in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. EBioMedicine. 2017;17:199 205. doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.02.012 23.
- Fujino, T.; Yamada, T; Mawatari, S.; et al. Effects of plasmalogen on patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease and blood plasmalogen changes: a multi-center, open-label study. J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism. 2019; 9(4):474. doi:10.4172/2161-0460.1000474
- Hossain, M.S.; Tajima, A.; Kotoura, S.; and Katafuchi, T., Oral ingestion of plasmalogens can attenuate the LPS-induced memory loss and microglial activation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2018;496(4):1033-1039. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.01.078
