CNN (3/8, LaMotte) reports, “People who consumed foods from the plant-based Mediterranean and brain-focused MIND diets had fewer of the hallmark signs of Alzheimer’s…when autopsied, a…study found.” Those “who most closely followed either of the diets had ‘almost 40% lower odds’ of having enough plaques and tangles in brain tissue to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, according to the study.” The findings, published in the journal Neurology, also showed that “adding just one food category from either diet…reduced amyloid buildup in the brain to a level similar to being about four years younger.”
MedPage Today (3/8, George) reports the diets “were linked with less postmortem Alzheimer’s disease pathology, primarily beta-amyloid load, in older adults.”
“ The MIND diet is a brain-healthy diet that stands for Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay. It’s a hybrid of the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) and the Mediterranean diet, and it focuses on food groups in each diet that can boost your brainpower and protect it from age-related problems like Alzheimer’s disease.”
Related Links:
— “Mediterranean and MIND diets reduced signs of Alzheimer’s in brain tissue, study finds “Sandee LaMotte, CNN, March 8, 2023