A Salad Equivalent Dose of Goodness

We published yesterday a blog on our sister site, Urbafresh Organics about a diet that may help with Alzheimers. What to do about Alzheimers was the provocative title and outlined a MIND diet that promoted brain health. Here are the highlights:

The five unhealthy groups are

• Red meats
• Butter and stick margarine
• Cheese
• Pastries and sweets
• Fried or fast food

The MIND diet includes at least three servings of whole grains, a salad and one other vegetable every day—along with a glass of wine. It also involves snacking most days on nuts and eating beans every other day or so, poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. Dieters must limit eating the designated unhealthy foods, especially butter (less than 1 tablespoon a day), cheese, and fried or fast food (less than a serving a week for any of the three), to have a real shot at avoiding the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s, according to a study by Rush University Medical Center researchers.

Source: Rush University

This diet stresses a daily salad and one other vegetable were key components. By realizing that our micro greens/herbs pack the raw nutrient power of many multiples of the serving size into our produce, we believe that by including daily portions of our micro produce in small doses we may have the answer for the salad averse population. You can simply garnish your main meals or cooked vegetables, smoothies, soups, or virtually anything with a salad equivalent dose of goodness.

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