{"id":9478,"date":"2018-02-05T08:20:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T13:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9478"},"modified":"2018-02-05T08:20:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T13:20:36","slug":"eating-leafy-greens-daily-may-help-keep-minds-sharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9478","title":{"rendered":"Eating Leafy Greens Daily May Help Keep Minds Sharp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Allison Aubrey for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>To age well, we must eat well \u2014 there&#8217;s been a lot of evidence that heart-healthy diets help protect the brain.<\/p>\n<p>The latest good news: A study recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29263222\">published<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<em>Neurology<\/em>\u00a0finds that healthy seniors who had daily helpings of leafy green vegetables \u2014 such as spinach, kale and collard greens \u2014 had a slower rate of cognitive decline, compared to those who tended to eat little or no greens. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2018\/02\/05\/582715067\/eating-leafy-greens-daily-may-help-keep-minds-sharp?utm_campaign=KHN:%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=60440067&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8tCSck1v9V35xV2LOHyLR-bj931VSE4nLw7gsnCBvqp9GMFlB4_2PfsAHd30IdpR0IUNvg8WwjI3hvT3w8AwCknQ50xg&amp;_hsmi=60440067\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Allison Aubrey for NPR) To age well, we must eat well \u2014 there&#8217;s been a lot of evidence that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-alzheimersdementia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9479,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9478\/revisions\/9479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}