Voedingsadvies El MondoResearch Question:
Improves eating fruits and vegetables and the cognitive capacity?
Study Design:
This overview article contained 9 cohort studies with 44004 participants. The cohort studies all knew a follow up (duration of the study) of at least 6 months.
Results and conclusions:
5 out of 9 cohort studies found that a high consumption of vegetables but not of fruit the risk of dementia and the decline of memory lowered.
The researchers concluded that eating lots of vegetables the risk of dementia and the decline of memory in the elderly reduced.
Original title:
Fruit, vegetables and prevention of cognitive decline or dementia: A systematic review of cohort studies by Lana M and Walach h.
Link:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12603-012-0097-x
Additional information about El Mondo:
The Health Council recommends 200-300 grams of vegetables per day.