This diet may slow brain aging by 2.5 years
A study published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry suggests that the MIND diet may slow brain aging by 2.5 years. The diet emphasizes whole foods like vegetables, nuts, and fish while limiting processed items.
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Dietary interventions offer a non-invasive, accessible way to potentially mitigate neurodegenerative decline and improve long-term cognitive health.
A diet that combines elements of the Mediterranean diet with an eating plan designed to lower blood pressure may help slow some of the structural changes that occur as the brain ages, according to research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
Greater adherence to the MIND diet was linked to less brain tissue loss over time, particularly in grey matter, which plays an important role in memory, learning, decision making, and information processing. It was also associated with less enlargement of the brain's ventricles, fluid filled spaces that tend to grow as brain tissue shrinks.
The Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay diet, or MIND for short, has previously been associated with better cognitive health, according to the researchers.
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