Take green tea, apples and pears to help prevent dementia


By AGENCY

Green tea, as seen in this filepic, is one of the flavonoid-rich foods that might help stave off dementia. A cup a day should be sufficient.

New American research has found that older adults who include plenty of flavonoid-rich foods in their diet, such as berries, apples and tea, may have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

Carried out by researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Massachusetts, the new study involved 2,801 participants aged 50 and older.

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Diet , nutrition , Alzheimer's disease , dementia

   

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