{"id":1079,"date":"2015-06-18T04:57:30","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T04:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2015-06-18T04:57:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T04:57:47","slug":"study-finds-paprika-improves-visual-processing-speed-reaction-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/study-finds-paprika-improves-visual-processing-speed-reaction-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Study finds paprika improves visual processing speed, reaction time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a study published in the <em>Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/em>, researchers from the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Georgia<\/span> reveal new scientific evidence demonstrating that the speed at which we process information and react correlates with daily intake of Zeaxanthin, a nutrient commonly found in paprika.\u00a0 Top college and professional sports organizations see research as an opportunity to combat the growing stimulant trend in college and professional sports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/paprika.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1080\" src=\"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/paprika.jpg\" alt=\"paprika\" width=\"622\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/paprika.jpg 622w, http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/paprika-300x208.jpg 300w, http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/paprika-50x35.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0research published in the <i>Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/i> reveal that consuming 20 mg of dietary zeaxanthin daily, a nutrient commonly found in bright colored fruits and vegetables, speeds up visual processing speed, or the speed at which our eyes and brain communicate, by 20% after four months.<\/p>\n<p>The research, which was conducted by the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Georgia&#8217;s<\/span> Visual Sciences Laboratory, is unique because it is the first double blind, placebo controlled study to demonstrate significant improvements in reaction time in young, healthy individuals, using dietary zeaxanthin as a nutritional approach.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Billy Hammond<\/span>, the study author and lead researcher at UGA Vision Sciences Laboratory, sees implications beyond just sports.\u00a0 &#8220;Processing speed is central to many aspects of life \u2013 from reading, to reaction time when driving to successful sports performance.\u00a0 The ability to actually change brain function in relatively young, healthy adults based on nutritional intake has wide implications for our ability to optimize human performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Dave Ellis<\/span>, a sports dietitian with over 30 years of experience in the field, sees meaningful implications for the future of sports nutrition.\u00a0 &#8220;A common solution to improving reaction time for young athletes is excessive caffeine consumption,&#8221; according to Ellis.\u00a0 &#8220;Young athletes are vulnerable to transition from caffeine to a cocktail of stimulants that show up illegally in dietary supplements in the form of active pharmaceutical ingredients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While stimulant use in sports continues to grow, sports dietitians and medical personnel responsible for the health and well-being of college and professional athletes continue to search for alternatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a study published December 4, 2014 in the Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, researchers from the University of Georgia reveal new scientific evidence demonstrating that the speed at which we process information and react correlates with daily intake of Zeaxanthin, a nutrient commonly found in paprika.  Top college and professional sports organizations see research as an opportunity to combat the growing stimulant trend in college and professional sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[650,649,651],"class_list":["post-1079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition","tag-nutrition","tag-paprika","tag-zeaxanthin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1079"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1082,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions\/1082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}