intelligence from green leafy vegs

[Guest guest]

March is Nutrition Month

"Intelligence" vitamin linked to better memory and brain

function

Current CIHR-funded study: Western diets are not only making us

obese, they could also be dulling our brains. Part of the problem may

be a lack of nutrients, including vitamin K, says Dr. Guylaine

Ferland, a researcher at the University of Montreal.

Dr. Ferland has found that rats deprived of vitamin K begin

showing cognitive deficiencies as they age. Her current research is

also examining how even mild nutrient deficiencies contribute to

cognitive impairment during aging, and what diet our brain needs to

stay healthy into old age.

Did you know? Vitamin K is only available by prescription since

it can interfere with anticoagulant drugs. However, it is found

naturally in green vegetables (such as spinach, cabbage and broccoli),

soy, green tea leaves and fresh or dried herbs.

 

To view a Web-based version of this newsletter, please visit http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/media.html. Also available in

French.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the article. It seems vitamins D & K are even more important than

previously thought.

 

Jo

 

, yarrow wrote:

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> March is Nutrition Month

>

<http://www.iforum.umontreal.ca/ForumExpress/Archives/vol2no1en/article04_ang.ht\

ml> " Intelligence "

> vitamin linked to better memory and brain function

> Current CIHR-funded study: Western diets are not only making us

> obese, they could also be dulling our brains. Part of the problem may

> be a lack of nutrients, including vitamin K, says

> <http://www.criugm.qc.ca/a_chercheur.html?id=15>Dr. Guylaine Ferland,

> a researcher at the University of Montreal. Dr. Ferland has found

> that rats deprived of vitamin K begin showing cognitive deficiencies

> as they age. Her current research is also examining how even mild

> nutrient deficiencies contribute to cognitive impairment during

> aging, and what diet our brain needs to stay healthy into old age.

> Did you know? Vitamin K is only available by prescription since it

> can interfere with anticoagulant drugs. However, it is found

> naturally in green vegetables (such as spinach, cabbage and

> broccoli), soy, green tea leaves and fresh or dried herbs.

>

> To view a Web-based version of this newsletter, please visit

> <http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/media.html>http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/media.html.

> Also available in French.

>