Simple daily diet tweak in your 20s and 30s ‘can slash your risk of dementia as you age’ [Video]

EAT your greens to stave off dementia, say scientists.

A study found eating lots of fruit and vegetables in your youth can protect your brain decades later.

What you eat even in childhood and your 20s and 30s can set you up to be sharper after retirement, as healthy young people typically went on to eat well for their whole lives.

Data from 3,059 Brits found only eight per cent of people who ate junk diets still had “high cognitive ability” in their late 60s, compared to 36 per cent with a good diet.

Meanwhile, 58 per cent of people in the low ability group ate unhealthily, compared to just eight per cent in the high ability group.

It shows people with bad diets were significantly more likely to suffer brain decline.

Adjusting our diet at any age is likely to improve our brain health

Dr Kelly CaraTufts University

This could mean their memory and thinking speed …