{"id":138824,"date":"2024-12-19T16:02:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T09:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138824"},"modified":"2024-12-19T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T09:02:13","slug":"sticking-to-the-mind-diet-could-reduce-your-risk-of-developing-dementia-sciencealert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138824","title":{"rendered":"Sticking to The MIND Diet Could Reduce Your Risk of Developing Dementia : ScienceAlert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The food you eat could either protect you from dementia, or put you at higher risk, according to several new studies.<\/p>\n<p>With an aging global population, dementia is becoming more common across the world, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/07-12-2017-dementia-number-of-people-affected-to-triple-in-next-30-years\">WHO expects<\/a> that by 2050, 152 million people will be diagnosed with some form of it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>This is a distressing prospect for the millions affected directly, and will strain an already-stretched system of professional and domestic carers. Prevention is the best bet we&#8217;ve got in lieu of a cure. It&#8217;s been unclear which strategies will really help stave off dementia, but two new papers add to the growing pile of research showing that reducing gut inflammation might help.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/alz.14390\">One of the new studies<\/a> found that a diet high in inflammatory foods, like heavily processed grains, red meats and saturated fats, increases a person&#8217;s dementia risk by 84 percent.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>The research followed 1,487 people, with an average age of 69 years, collecting up to 22.3 years&#8217; of data on their diets and incidents of all-cause dementia and  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/go\/IaO\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" data-linkid=\"73015\" data-postid=\"147146\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\">Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/a> disease.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147210\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/12\/alz14390-fig-0002-m.jpg\" alt=\"graph shows dementia-free survival reduces over time for everyone, but the decline is slower for people with lower dietary inflammation index scores.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"618\" class=\"wp-image-147210 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/12\/alz14390-fig-0002-m.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/12\/alz14390-fig-0002-m-642x397.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/12\/alz14390-fig-0002-m-672x415.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/12\/alz14390-fig-0002-m-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/12\/alz14390-fig-0002-m-600x371.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People with lower dietary inflammation index scores were protected from dementia for longer. (Melo Van Lent et al., <em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/alz.14390\">Alzheimer&#8217;s &amp; Dementia<\/a><\/em>, 2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>People whose diets scored higher for inflammation were at higher risk for both all-cause dementia and Alzheimer&#8217;s disease. These scores were based on the balance of pro-inflammatory factors like <span>saturated fats, total energy intake, and carbohydrates, and anti-inflammatory factors like <\/span><span>fiber, omega-3 fats, and <\/span><span>vitamins A, C, D and E. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span>Although these promising findings need to be replicated and further validated, our results suggest that diets that correlate with low dietary inflammatory index scores may prevent late-life dementia,&#8221; the authors <a href=\"https:\/\/alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/alz.14390\">write<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/alz.14277\">Another study<\/a> found people who followed a diet full of foods that boost the body&#8217;s antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities had slower rates of cognitive decline.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s called the <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu\/healthy-weight\/diet-reviews\/mind-diet\/\">MIND diet<\/a>, which stands for <span>Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay. It&#8217;s already been linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/a-diet-created-by-scientists-has-been-linked-to-better-cognitive-performance-in-the-elderly\">slower cognitive decline<\/a>, reduced dementia risk and symptoms from Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, and less disability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p><span> The new study reiterates these findings within a more diverse cohort, by following more than 5,200 older adults from Chicago, 60 percent of whom were Black, for eight years. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>The MIND diet protected everyone from cognitive decline to some extent, but Black participants needed a higher level of adherence to the diet than White folks for an equivalent effect.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span>Black and Hispanic older adults have a higher incidence and prevalence of dementia compared to White older adults,&#8221; they <a href=\"https:\/\/alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/alz.14277\">note<\/a>, suggesting broader socioeconomic, biological and environmental factors are at play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Following the MIND diet involves eating:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>\u22653 serves of whole grains daily<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u22651 serves of non-leafy green vegetables daily<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u22656 serves of leafy green vegetables weekly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u22655 servings of nuts weekly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u22654 meals with beans weekly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u22652 serves of berries weekly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u22652 meals with poultry weekly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u22651 meals with fish weekly<\/span><\/li>\n<li>and sticking to olive oil and avocado for added fats as much as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, the diet sets achievable limitations on the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>\u22645 serves of pastries and sweets weekly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u22644 serves of red meat (beef, pork, lamb etc) weekly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u22641 serves of cheese and fried foods weekly<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>\u22641 tablespoons of butter or margarine each day.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The two studies effectively address both sides of the same coin: pro-inflammatory diets increase dementia risk, while anti-inflammatory diets reduce it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>At this stage the research only shows an association, not cause, and it&#8217;s unclear exactly why the links exist. But it&#8217;s a relatively simple step we can take towards lowering dementia risk for us all, and potentially, that future healthcare burden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/alz.14390\">Both<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/alz.14277\">articles<\/a> were published in <em>Alzheimer&#8217;s &amp; Dementia. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/sticking-to-the-mind-diet-could-reduce-your-risk-of-developing-dementia\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The food you eat could either protect you from dementia, or put you at higher risk, according to several new studies. 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