The effectiveness of a specialized food product for prevention and rehabilitationof cognitive impairments

ABSTRACT

Introduction. Neurological pathologies are typical not only for adults, but are also widespread in childhood. These are disorders of speech and language functions, autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, emotional disorders. Also, many cognitive impairments affect patients who have had acute viral diseases, especially the coronavirus infection. Purpose-to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a specialized dietary therapeutic food product and dietary preventive nutrition-jelly "Good Memory" and the phytocomplex included in it at various neurological symptoms. Materials and methods. In a 30-day study with 68 individuals (34 adults and 34 children, ages 1 to 21), the effect of a monthly intake of a phytotherapeutic complex on memory parameters was tudied,attention, intellectual performance of volunteers included in  the study according to Bourbon tests, methodology «Kraepelin score», Eysenck subtests, graphical test and IQ indicators according to the Denver test. Results. A 30-day intake of a specialized food product jelly «Good memory» contributed to improving the performance of  various types of memory and attention, reducing fatigue, increasing efficiency. The survey showed that the intellectual performance of the comparison group decreased by 59% for all three indicators of mental activity. So, in terms of mathematical abilities, the improvement was 47.1%, for linguistic-34.7% and for the total indicator-52.2%. At the same time, the main indicators stabilized intellectual performance. Conclusion. The results of the study allow us to recommend a specialized nutrition jelly «Good Memory» children over 1 year old  and adults to maintain the integrative functions of the brain and other parts of the mental process, as well as for the prevention and rehabilitation of post-covid cognitive impairment, recovery of mental, intellectual performance. © 2022, Remedium Group Ltd. All rights reserved.