DrCarney.com Blog
Fruit and vegetable consumption and cognitive decline in aging women.
High dietary intake of vegetables may help slow down the rate of cognitive decline in older women.
This study investigated fruit and vegetable intake in relation to cognitive function in aging women. A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School looked at the dietary data of 13,388 women and administered cognitive tests on all the subjects.
The researchers observed that increased consumption of diets high in vegetables decreased the rate of cognitive decline in aging women. In contrast, generous intake of fruits was found to have no significant effect on cognitive function in women in this study. The findings of this study support the hypothesis that high dietary ingestion of vegetables may help contribute positively to improving cognitive function in older women.
Research Summary Information
-
2005
-
Kang JH, Ascherio A, Grodstein F.
-
Channing Lab, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. nhjhk@channing.harvard.edu
-
Yes, Free full text of study was found:
-
No. Source of funding disclosure not found
-
No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
When you subscribe to the blog, we will send you an e-mail when there are new updates on the site so you wouldn't miss them.
About the author
