Kwa onse okonda khofi omwe sangathe kulingalira tsiku popanda makapu ochepa a zakumwa zomwe amakonda, asayansi aku America apeza zochititsa chidwi.
Ngati mumamwa khofi nthawi zonse, mumakhala ndi mwayi wothandizira thupi lanu polimbana ndi matenda a Alzheimer's. Asayansi ochokera ku yunivesite ya Edith Cohen anachita zimenezi kwa nthawi yaitali ndipo anachita kafukufuku wokhudza anthu mazana angapo a ku Australia.
Kuphatikiza apo, kafukufukuyu adawonetsa zotsatira za khofi pakuletsa kuchepa kwa chidziwitso mwa odwala 227 okalamba omwe sanawonetse zizindikiro za dementia. Thanzi la otenga nawo mbali lidayang'aniridwa kwa miyezi 126. Pagulu la anthu odzipereka, ubale pakati pa kumwa zakumwa ndi kudzikundikira kwa beta-amyloid mu minofu yaubongo kapena kukula kwa ubongo kudawunikidwa. Beta-amyloids amawonedwa ngati chinthu chachikulu pakukula kwa matenda a Alzheimer's.
Odwala omwe sanakumane ndi vuto la kukumbukira komanso kumwa khofi nthawi zonse kumayambiriro kwa phunziroli anali ndi chiopsezo chochepa chokhala ndi vuto lachidziwitso chochepa, chomwe nthawi zambiri chimayambitsa matenda a Alzheimer's. Khofi nayenso analepheretsa kudzikundikira kwa beta-amyloid koma analibe mphamvu pa mlingo wa imvi ndi woyera nkhani atrophy kapena shrinkage wa hippocampus, ubongo dera lomwe limayambitsa mapangidwe a kukumbukira kwa nthawi yaitali.