Eating Kale May Help Older Adults Slow The Decline In Cognitive Skills (scienceblog.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) 4/20/189:02 AM

A recent study found that consumption of green leafy vegetables may help slow the decline in cognitive abilities—or brain function—in older adults.

The study by researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts found that those who ate about one-and-a-half servings of green leafy vegetables per day had the cognitive functioning of people roughly eleven years younger than those who ate little or no leafy greens.

The finding is striking given that dementia, a decline in memory and other brain functions, affects between four and five million older Americans, and with the growing number of aging Americans, this number is expected to increase three-fold by 2050.

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Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff)Staff

Concurring with you Monica on one single food, although the article has kale in the title, please know the research was on green leafy vegetables. A plant-based diet is so tremendously beneficial, especially when we can eat vegetables (and fruit) grown organically.

Impressed with Tufts Human Research Center on Aging, please find more information on a well-balanced diet for older adults.
http://hnrca.tufts.edu/myplate...ults/fruits-veggies/

Here's a graphic from Tufts for consideration also.

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4/20/188:26 PM

Monica BhagwanMember

Lots of interesting research around whole foods-plant based diets and cognitive functioning. Though we should always be wary when a single food is correlated to a health benefit.

4/20/185:11 PM

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