Eat Your Veggies

Study: Vegetables may keep brains young

Yahoo! News

CHICAGO - New research on vegetables and aging gives mothers another reason to say "I told you so." It found that eating vegetables appears to help keep the brain young and may slow the mental decline sometimes associated with growing old.

I'm taking a break from religion bashing (I don’t actually consider it religion bashing per se) to talk about something tasty – vegetables! OK, I'll admit I wasn't enthralled with vegetables when I was younger, but I did really like some. I liked kale and mashed potatoes a lot. As I matured, and did a stint as a vegetarian, I came to love vegetables. But for those who don't, this study reported in the journal Neurology claims that eating vegetables caused older people to be mental sharper than others who ate little to no vegetables. Eat up senior citizens. This is one in many studies giving mounting evidence that eating plenty of vegetables, ceteris paribus, staves off mental decline.

After eating for a while at my school’s co-op, I was giving an A+ physical by my physician. She actually told me I was too healthy, and to go eat a McDonald’s hamburger! Unbeknownst to her, I do often pig out on junk food, but I balance it out with pigging out on vegetarian meals because I find them equally tasty. Hmm, interesting … maybe the vegetarians are on to something after all. This gives me incentive to go pig out at the local co-op today. So, later everyone – I’m feeling hungry!


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