Move over blueberries and red wine– there’s a new celebrity flavenoid!  This time it’s an ingredient in strawberries and other fruits that lessens the complications of diabetes type 1 and may help improve some neurological disorders.  Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered that fisetin, a naturally-occurring flavonoid that’s abundant in strawberries, may help manage type 1 diabetes and has been found to have promoted survival of neurons grown in culture and enhanced memory in healthy mice.  We’re still pretty far away from a clinical application for fisetin, says David Schubert, Ph.D., professor and head of the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory and one of the manuscript’s co-authors.  “We will never know if a compound like fisetin works in humans until someone is willing to support a clinical trial.”  — Joyce