- Researchers say a Mediterranean-style diet can reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by helping cleanse the brain.
- Experts add that Mediterranean diets can also lower inflammation and blood sugar levels.
- They recommend filling up on Mediterranean-style foods and then supplementing with other items only if you’re still hungry.
Eating a Mediterranean-style diet may help protect your brain from Alzheimer’s disease.
That’s the conclusion of a new study published May 5 in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
Researchers reported that eating a diet high in unsaturated fats, fish, fruits, and vegetables and low in dairy and red meat can help cleanse the brain of the protein buildup associated with memory loss and dementia.
They reported that study participants who followed the diet more closely performed better on cognitive tests and showed less brain volume shrinkage and protein biomarkers associated with Alzheimer’s.
Memory testing showed that the participants who didn’t follow the diet as closely did not perform as well.
Source: healthline