Eat green leafy vegetables to give your brain many extra years

Posted on Mar 24, 2018Mar 20, 2018 by kaitiscotland

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If you eat one or two portions of green leafy vegetables a day you could have a brain 11 years younger than you otherwise would.

That is the conclusion of a longitudinal study of almost a thousand elderly people in the USA. Compared to people who rarely or never ate green vegetables there was a very marked difference in brain function over time.

This seems to be due to the folate, phylloquinone and lutein in the foodstuffs.

So eat up and protect your brain. If like me, you prefer your salad well dressed and your vegetables laced with fat and garlic and spices look around the site for our recipes. Spinach in a cheese and garlic sauce, and buttered peas and leeks are my favourites.

Adapted from BMJ 13 Jan 2018 from an article in Neurology

Published by kaitiscotland

I am a Scottish doctor who is working to improve the outcomes for people who have diabetes using a low carb diet, and advanced insulin techniques when necessary. Professionally I provide expert witness reports in the clinical forensic and family medicine areas and I also provide complementary therapies. I enjoy cooking, cinema, reading, travel and cats. View all posts by kaitiscotland

4 thoughts on “Eat green leafy vegetables to give your brain many extra years”

Sandra Mar 24, 20187:31 pm Reply

This is encouraging! Although my partner – who doesn’t eat such things at all – seems to have a much better brain than mine! I need more spinach! 😉

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Rick Phillips Mar 25, 20181:34 am Reply

Darn, now if we could find something to improve spelling.

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chris c Mar 25, 20188:33 pm Reply

Best eaten with meat and no “healthy whole grains” IMO

Purple sprouting broccoli has been scarce this winter, and expensive when available. Friends grew some but the weather made it late to mature. Finally! they gave me a load last week. Some accompanied a pheasant roasted wrapped in bacon and some went with liver bacon and a giant mushroom and there’s still some left! This makes up for the early demise of the Brussels sprouts and the late arrival of the asparagus.

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