Berries May Help Aging Brains: This Week on AOL Health

Here's some food for thought: For a sharp mind, top off your favorite yogurt or cereal with strawberries and blueberries.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that eating berries, as well as acai berries and walnuts, can help people rid their brain of toxic memory-clogging proteins and prevent further weakening of their cognition.

With age comes a decline in the brain's ability to properly rid itself of biochemical waste, according to the study, and adding these antioxidant-rich foods to a diet could help trigger this function again.

AOL Health has the complete story on these findings and what an expert nutritionist had to say about them.

Want better results from your weight loss plan? Drink two glasses of water before your berry parfait. That's Fit has the scoop.