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A Mediterranean diet is good for your brain and could lower the risk of developing dementia.
Traditional Mediterranean diets are low in red meat and dairy, and are often associated with health benefits.
A total of 343 people at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s were examined and compared to 169 cognitively normal subjects.
Each point a participant lost on not following the Mediterranean diet, the brain aged an extra year in regions associated with Alzheimer’s.
People who followed a Mediterranean diet showed fewer signs of amyloid and tau buildup.
Mediterranean diet could be a protective factor against memory decline.
“What you eat may influence your memory skills later on,” - Tommaso Ballarini, lead researcher.
Researchers at National Eye Institute found that people who stuck closely to a Mediterranean diet had “45% to 50% reduction in the risk of having an impaired cognitive function.”
Study by German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases published in Neurology.
