多吃蔬菜能保大腦年輕 

    Study: Vegetables may keep brains young

    New research on vegetables and aging gives mothers another reason to say "I told you so." It found that eating vegetables appears to help keep the brain young and may slow the mental decline sometimes associated with growing old.

    一項調查蔬菜與衰老的關系的研究讓媽媽們更有理由說“我早告訴過你了”。該研究發(fā)現(xiàn)吃蔬菜似乎能幫助大腦青春常駐，同時可能延緩由年齡增長造成的智力下降。

    On measures of mental sharpness, older people who ate more than two servings of vegetables daily appeared about five years younger at the end of the six-year study than those who ate few or no vegetables.

    在這項為期六年的研究結束時，智力反映快慢的測試顯示，每天吃兩道以上蔬菜的老人比那些很少吃或根本不吃的同齡人大約年輕五歲。

    The research in almost 2,000 Chicago-area men and women doesn't prove that vegetables reduce mental decline, but it adds to mounting evidence pointing in that direction. The findings also echo previous research in women only.

    盡管對芝加哥地區(qū)約兩千名男女所做的這項研究沒有證明蔬菜減少智力水平的下降，但它為這一論點提供了更多一條論據。這次的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)與以前只針對婦女所做的研究結果一致。

    Green leafy vegetables including spinach, kale and collards appeared to be the most beneficial. The researchers said that may be because they contain healthy amounts of vitamin E, an antioxidant that is believed to help fight chemicals produced by the body that can damage cells.