Eating a diet rich in leafy vegetables and minimal meat will help keep your brain healthy as you age. Researchers get further evidence of the benefits of the Mediterranean diet, HealthyStyle reports. info with a link to the Voice.

The Mediterranean diet has been shown to preserve intelligence in older people. If they heavily ate a diet of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, olive oil and beans, their cognitive functions were more pronounced than those of peers who prefer a different diet..

The study involved 500 retirees from Scotland who spoke about their food preferences. The intelligence of the volunteers was tested using a series of tests for memory and thinking. If their diet followed the Mediterranean diet to a large extent, especially in terms of significant amounts of leafy vegetables and a minimum of red meat, the test scores were the best.. However, there was no direct link between nutrition and physical performance of the brain, such as a larger volume of gray matter..

Researchers believe the diet affects specific areas of the brain that cannot be seen on an MRI scan of the entire organ.. This experiment was one of the first in which neuroscanning of the brain was used to assess the effects of nutrition on it..

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