[Kennedy Felton]
THINK IT’S TOO LATE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE BY SWITCHING YOUR DIET?
THIS COULD CHANGE YOUR MIND.
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS THE APTLY-NAMED “MIND DIET” HELP PROTECT YOUR BRAIN – EVEN IF STARTED LATER IN LIFE.
THE MIND DIET COMBINES THE EVER-POPULAR MEDITERRANEAN DIET WITH THE “DASH DIET” – WHICH IS MEANT TO HELP LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE.
AND A NEW STUDY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AND UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOWS SWITCHING TO THE MIND DIET SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASES YOUR CHANCES OF DEVELOPING ALZHEIMER’S OR DEMENTIA – EVEN IN THOSE MIDDLE-AGED OR OLDER.
THE STUDY LOOKED AT DATA FROM NEARLY 93-THOUSAND AMERICAN ADULTS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 45 AND 75 – STARTING IN THE 90S.
BASED ON THAT DATA, RESEARCHERS FOUND THOSE WHO CLOSELY FOLLOWED THE MIND DIET HAD A 9 PERCENT LOWER CHANCE OF GETTING DEMENTIA THAN THOSE WHO DIDN’T – A LINK WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT.
BUT – THEY ALSO FOUND THE RISK OF DEMENTIA FOR THOSE WHO IMPROVED THEIR ADHERENCE TO THE MIND DIET OVER 10 YEARS – EVEN IF THEY DIDN’T FOLLOW THE DIET CLOSELY AT FIRST – DROPPED 25 PERCENT.
SO, WHAT ARE THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE MIND DIET?
GETTING AT LEAST SIX SERVINGS PER WEEK OF LEAFY GREENS – THINGS LIKE BROCCOLI, KALE, AND SPINACH…
**PLUS** ONE SERVING **PER DAY** OF OTHER VEGETABLES…
FIVE OR MORE SERVINGS OF NUTS LIKE ALMONDS OR PISTACHIOS A WEEK…
AT LEAST THREE SERVINGS OF WHOLE GRAINS EACH DAY…
GETTING AT LEAST ONE SERVING OF FISH PER WEEK – THAT’S **NOT** FRIED…
AND LIMITING PASTRIES AND SWEETS TO FEWER THAN FIVE SERVINGS EVERY WEEK.
IT ALSO LIMITS EATING CHEESE, RED MEAT, AND FRIED FOODS TO LESS THAN ONE SERVING PER WEEK.
GIVES A NEW MEANING TO THE TERM “BRAIN FOOD.”
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