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Mediterranean style diet may prevent dementia

Wednesday, 19 July 2017 3:44 PM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 19 July 2017 3:49 PM ]

Researchers found those who stuck most closely to the MIND diet had a lower dementia risk

Scientists in Britain have announced that a specific diet appears to delay the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by more than five years.

Researchers have found that people who stuck to the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay diet, or more commonly, the MIND diet, had a major drop in their risk for the disease.

The diet specifically includes foods and nutrients that medical literature and data show to be good for the brain, such as berries, leafy greens and fish.

According to experts, the MIND diet lowers the risk of Alzheimer's by as much as 53 percent in patients, who adhered to the diet strictly, and by about 35 percent in those, who followed it moderately.

Medics say the MIND diet is easier to follow than the Mediterranean diet, which calls for daily consumption of fish and three to four daily servings of fruits and vegetables.

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