9 of the most powerful eating habits to protect your brain from Alzheimer’s

Higher vegetable consumption was associated with slower rate of cognitive decline in 3718 people aged 65 years and older who participated in an ageing project. Study participants filled out food logs and agreed to undergo tests of their cognitive abilities periodically for six years. All of the study participants scored lower on cognitive tests at the end of the study than they did at the beginning, but those who consumed more than four daily servings of vegetables experienced a 40 per cent slower decline in their abilities than people who consumed less than one daily serving.