Getting older — how we dread it!\u00a0 However, the alternative to growing older– dying young — is not so good either.\u00a0 Don\u2019t despair.\u00a0 There are lots of things we can do to prevent the ills that befall us when we advance in years.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve been talking about one of those ills — hearing loss.\u00a0 Yesterday we discussed the finding that Omega 3s and Vitamin D help prevent age-related hearing loss.\u00a0 Another study found that the B vitamin, folate, is another hearing protector.\u00a0 A study published in the Journal of Nutrition<\/em> suggests that low levels of folate are associated with a 35% higher risk of hearing loss in people 50 and older.<\/p>\n Why does it help?\u00a0 Evidently, it has to do with homocysteine levels.\u00a0 Folate deficiency causes homocysteine levels to increase, which could restrict blood flow to the cochlea. The cochlea is the part of the ear that converts sound into electrical signals that travel to the brain.<\/p>\n So how do you stoke up on folate?\u00a0 It\u2019s found in spinach, black-eyed peas, and other leafy greens and beans.<\/p>\n That seems like an easy and inexpensive fix.\u00a0 Add those vegetables and legumes into your diet on a regular basis and you may be able to keep your ears in working order for\u00a0 years longer.<\/p>\n Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Getting older — how we dread it!\u00a0 However, the alternative to growing older– dying young — is not so good either.\u00a0 Don\u2019t despair.\u00a0 There are lots of things we can do to prevent the ills that befall us when we advance in years. We\u2019ve been talking about one of those ills — hearing loss.\u00a0 Yesterday…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[369,9],"tags":[237,589,590,488],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clinical-studies","category-eating-plan","tag-beans","tag-folate","tag-hearing-loss","tag-spinach"],"yoast_head":"\n