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Vitamin E May Help Cut Dementia Risk
Losing your marbles when you get older might be a lot of fun. Who wouldn’t want to walk around all day with their pants on their head?
But it might not be fun for your family and friends, which is a big deal, because they’re the ones who will put you in the funny farm.
So then, if you’re not looking to go mental, consider what diet can do. A new study says vitamin E may help protect your brain.
Vitamin E can be found in foods like avocados, hazelnuts, and eggs.
Writing in the Archives of Neurology, scientists tracked 5,400 Dutch adults, age 55 and older, and found participants with the highest consumption of vitamin E had 25% less risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, over the next ten years than people with low intake of vitamin E.
Vitamin E is an antioxidant and researchers have begun to test whether antioxidants – like vitamin E, vitamin C, and beta-carotene – may help stave off the degeneration of brain cells as people age.
Other foods rich in vitamin E include almonds, wheat germ, seeds, milk, whole grains, spinach and other leafy green vegetables.
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