Research
Leafy greens versus meat: Where your nitrates come from may matter for brain health
PsyPost · By Eric W. Dolan ·
The Brief
- A large 27-year study of Danish adults, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia, examined dietary nitrates and dementia risk.
- According to the source snippet, people who consumed more nitrates from vegetables had a lower risk of dementia.
- The source text is truncated, so the reported link for nitrates from other sources, such as meat, is not confirmed here.
Why it matters
Diet quality may influence dementia risk, and the source of dietary nitrates, not just the amount, may matter for brain health.
Who’s affected
- readers interested in diet and brain health
- researchers in nutrition and dementia epidemiology
Whether the nitrates in your diet are linked to higher or lower dementia risk may depend on where they come from. A large, 27-year study of Danish adults published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia suggests that people who consume more nitrates from vegetables have a lower risk of…