As the American population gets older and dementia falls, many people ask if it is possible to prevent this devastating disease. According to a new study, the answer on your plate can be: people who followed a diet that is known as the mind -diet were considerably less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or related forms of dementia.
The Mind diet, which stands for Mediterrane-Dash intervention for neurodegenerative delay, combines the Mediterranean diet with the blood pressure-lowering dashboard (dietary approaches to stop hypertension) and also emphasizes the proven brain-healthy foods such as leafy green vegetables, berries, nuts and olive oil.
According to the study, the Mind diet had a stronger and consistent risk reduction relationship with dementia than other healthy diets, although the relationship varied between five racial groups. Those who have improved their compliance with the diet over time showed the greatest pattern of risk reduction. This favorable relationship was seen in the same way with younger and older groups, which suggests that they are benefits for assuming the diet at any age.
Our research results confirm that healthy dietary patterns in the middle of late life and their improvement over time can prevent Alzheimer’s and related dementia. This suggests that it is never too late to assume a healthy diet to prevent dementia. “
Song-YI Park, PhD, Assistantial teacher at the University of Hawaii in Manoa
Park presents the findings on Nutrition 2025, the flagship annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition from 31 May – 3 June in Orlando, Florida.
Park and colleagues analyzed data from nearly 93,000 American adults who have provided information about their diet as part of a research cohort known as the Multi -Etnic cohort study from the 1990s. Participants were between 45-75 years old at the start and more than 21,000 developed Alzheimer’s or related dementies in the following years.
In general, participants who scored higher for MIND therapy lease at the start had a 9%
Lower risk of dementia, with an even greater reduction-alound 13%-those who identified as Afro-American, Latino or White. The therapy compliance of the Baseline Mind -Diet was not associated with a significant risk reduction in native Hawaiian or Asian American participants.
“We discovered that the protective relationship between a healthy diet and dementia was more pronounced with Afro -Mamerikans, Latinos and whites, while it was not so clear among Asian Americans and showed a weaker trend with indigenous Hawaiians,” Park said. “A tailor -made approach may be necessary when evaluating the food quality of different subpopulations.”
The results also showed that people who improved their compliance with the mind for more than 10 years (including those who did not follow the diet closely in the beginning) had a 25% lower risk of dementia compared to those whose therapy compliance. This trend was consistent in different ages and racial groups.
Researchers said that differences in dietary patterns and preferences between racial and ethnic groups could play a role in the variation that they have observed in dementia-die trelation. Since Asian Americans also experience dementia rates than other groups, it is possible that the mind -diet may not reflect the benefits of diets that occur more often in this population. Park said that further studies can help to clarify these patterns and added that interventional studies would be needed to verify cause and effect, because the study was based on observation data.
Park presents this research at 9: 06-9: 18 hours EDT on Monday 2 June during dietary patterns and health: a global perspective session in the Orange County Convention Center.
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