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Eating three portions of greens a day can keep memory loss at bay, researchers claim. Pensioners who hit the dietary target are as mentally alert as someone five years younger, they say. Vitamin E is believed to be the key to the benefit. Known to keep the mind sharp, it is found in higher concentrations in vegetables than in fruit. Green, leafy vegetables, such as lettuce, spinach Read more...

A Recipe From DietWatch Ingredients Salad: 12 cups baby spinach, washed 2 cups sliced mushrooms Non-stick cooking spray, olive oil or butter flavored 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 cup chicken stock 2 cups leeks, washed and chopped 1 tablespoon resh garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon shallots, chopped 1 teaspoon sugar 2 ounces lite feta cheese Read more...

A Recipe From DietWatch Ingredients 3 egg whites (large) 1 whole large egg Pinch of salt; ground black pepper to taste 1/2 ounce grated reduced fat sharp cheddar cheese (scant 2 tablespoons) 1/3 cup chopped baby spinach leaves (washed and dried) Fresh parsley Method Beat the egg whites, egg and salt together lightly. Add pepper. Heat a nonstick omelette pan (5" Read more...

Stick with those fruits and vegetables to live healthy and longer -- and stay at the top of your game. Researchers say those foods seem to be powerful weapons in battling age-related declines in mental function. Writing in the Journal of Neuroscience, investigators at Tufts University's Human Research Center on Aging say the antioxidants found in such foods are so powerful that they "may Read more...

A Great Spinach Salad Recipe Ingredients Salad: 12 cups baby spinach, washed 2 cups sliced mushrooms Non-stick cooking spray, olive oil or butter flavored 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 cup chicken stock 2 cups leeks, washed and chopped 1 tablespoon resh garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon shallots, chopped 1 teaspoon sugar 2 ounces lite feta cheese Dressing: 1/4 Read more...

By Sheldon Margen and Dale A. Ogar Spinach is a treasure trove of nutrients: riboflavin, vitamin B6, folate, magnesium, beta carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, potassium and vitamin C. Some of the vitamin C will be lost in cooking, it's true, and the iron and calcium -- on which spinach built its reputation -- are not fully available to the body because they're bound up by a compound known as Read more...

Boomers who have cut eggs from their diet should take another look for the sake of their eyes, medical experts say. A spokesman for the American Academy of Ophthalmology says the antioxidants are key to the health of eye pigment and also can be found in green, leafy vegetables such as spinach -- along with corn, kiwi fruit, red seedless grapes and zucchini. Researchers writing in Read more...

The health benefits of bananas and other potassium-rich foods have long been obvious for some time. Now another study says a diet including the tropical fruit may be effective in preventing stroke. Writing in the medical journal Circulation, researchers say an eight-year study of 44,000 men indicates those with the highest potassium intakes had a 38 percent lower risk of strokes than others Read more...

Some colorful natural foods -- along with eggs -- should be added to spinach and other dark green leafy vegetables to help ward off the age-related vision loss problem called macular degeneration, researchers say. Writing in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, investigators at Germany's University of Heidelberg Medical School say foods rich in the nutrients zeaxanthin and lutein have been Read more...