Fizzy drinks can help your memory

FIZZY drinks, the scourge of healthy diet campaigners, can improve your memory, according to experts.

Consuming the equivalent of two cans can boost memory retention by a fifth and combat dementia in older people, neuroscientists from Glasgow Caledonian University found.

Psychology lecturer Dr Leigh Riby, who led the research, said people studying for exams could benefit from increasing the amount of sugar in their diet.