Pengaruh Kenaikan Kadar Glukosa Darah terhadap Peningkatan Daya Ingat Jangka Pendek pada Wanita Dewasa
Abstract: In Indonesia most
people starts their days with eating breakfast.
However, there are still many who do not realize the importance of
starting a day with breakfast. Many research suggest that having breakfast can
improve short term memory. After breakfast, blood glucose level will raise. It
is assumed that glucose plays an important role in improving memory. The
purpose of this research is to find the
effect of raised blood glucose level in improving short term memory. In this
research Real Prospective Experimental Method and Random Complete Design were
used. 30 FK UKM third year female student have been studied, their age range
between 19-23 years old, and they were given porridge for breakfast. Blood
glucose level was measured before breakfast and 30, 60, 90 minutes afterwards.
Short term memory was tested with memory test before breakfast and three times
after breakfast. Data was analyzed to analyze the correlation between blood
glucose and memory. There are significant increase of blood glucose and memory
after breakfast and there is a significant corelation between raised blood
glucose and memory. The conclusion is breakfast may improve memory and the
raised of blood glucose level matched with the improvement of memory.
Penulis: Amy I.S, Meilinah
Hidayat, Jo Suherman
Kode Jurnal: jpkedokterandd080026
