Geriatrics

Eating vegetables, not fruit, helps slow down the rate of cognitive change in older adults

Published in Law and Health Weekly, November 18th, 2006

Eating vegetables, not fruit, helps slow down the rate of cognitive change in older adults, according to a study published in a recent issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

In determining whether there was an association between vegetables, fruit and cognitive decline, researchers studied 3,718 residents in Chicago, Illinois, who were age 65 and older. Participants completed a food frequency questionnaire and received at least two cognitive tests over a six-year period.

"Compared to people who consumed less than one serving of vegetables a day, people who ate at least 2.8 servings of vegetables a day...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2006-11-18)

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