Pop open the bubbly: Study reveals champagne may prevent Alzheimer’s disease

In the original study, an animal model, researchers found that the bubbly has compounds in common with red wine, and argued that those properties may help prevent forms of dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease and promote things like spatial memory.

He continued: “This research is exciting because it illustrates for the first time that moderate consumption of champagne has the potential to influence cognitive functioning such as memory”.

Owner Hubert de Billy, the grandson of Maurice Pol Roger, pours a glass of his 2004 vintage champagne at the Pol Roger Champagne House in Epernay, France, Thursday, October 15, 2014. As a result, the compounds can guard the body from neurodegenerative diseases triggered by oxidative stress.

When tested on rats, the pinot noir and pinot meunier varities were shown to have significant health benefits.

Their aim is to bring together a group of 40 senior citizens, and have them drink champagne for a period of 3 years, so as to assess the impact of this behavior on brain health.

Those who conducted the study now hope to move on to trials involving pensioners.

The researchers however cautioned that more studies need to be conducted to further proven knowledge of the research, and a spokesman for the Alzheimer’s Society also asked for more research to be done to substantiate findings across all peoples.