Flavonols..

A long-running and detailed study of nearly 1,000 elderly people has found that those who ate certain foods in their diet—those that contain certain natural compounds known as flavonols—were less likely to get dementia. Seriously less likely.

“The highest quintile of flavonol intake…versus the lowest is associated with a 32% reduction in the rate of cognitive decline,” says Dr. Thomas Holland, an MD and professor at Rush Medical College, who led the study. 

His study reports that flavonol consumption was “associated with slower decline in global cognition, episodic memory, semantic memory, perceptual speed, and working memory.”

But there are happier foods too. Drinking tea is great for you: It has plenty of the key flavonols. Tomatoes, apples, spinach and beans all make the list. kale is on the list. So is broccoli.   Just a thought.