Reverse Senior “Brain Aging?” Eat More Veggies!

Although seniors did worse on memory tests as time passed, patients who ate more than two servings of vegetables daily performed about 40 percent better on memory tests. And, the test results of vegetable eaters mirrored those of other patients five years younger!

Associations of vegetable and fruit consumption with age-related cognitive change

The conclusion of the study? “High vegetable but not fruit consumption may be associated with slower rate of cognitive decline with older age.”