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Posted on 06/08/2025 6:39:53 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
It’s never too late to start eating better to prevent dementia, according a new analysis of research involving 90,000 adults.
People over the age of 45 who followed a dietary pattern known as the MIND diet were “significantly” less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease or related forms of dementia, said the University of Hawaii scientists.
The MIND diet stands for Mediterranean Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, and was developed by the late Martha Clare Morris, ScD, a Rush University nutritional epidemiologist. It combines the traditional Mediterranean diet with the blood pressure-lowering DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension).
It includes proven ‘brain-healthy’ foods such as leafy green vegetables, berries, nuts, fish, and olive oil.
The study found that the MIND diet had a stronger and more consistent risk reduction relationship with dementia than other ‘healthy’ diets for the majority of racial groups in the study.
Participants who improved their adherence to the diet the most over time showed the greatest pattern of risk reduction.
Overall, participants who scored higher for MIND adherence at the start of the study had a 9% lower risk of dementia, with an even greater reduction, of around 13%, among those who identified as African American, Latino or White.
The beneficial relationship was seen similarly among younger and older groups, which suggests that there are benefits to adopting the diet at any age.
“Our study findings confirm that healthy dietary patterns in mid to late life, and their improvement over time. may prevent Alzheimer’s and related dementias,” said Dr. Song-Yi Park, Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
“This suggests that it is never too late to adopt a healthy diet to prevent dementia.”
Dr. Park and her colleagues analyzed data from more than 90,000 American adults who provided information about their diet, starting in the 1990s.
The participants were between 45- and 75-years-old at the outset, and more than 21,000 developed Alzheimer’s or related dementias in the years that followed.
The results also showed that people who improved their adherence to MIND over 10 years—including those who didn’t follow the diet closely at first—had a 25% lower risk of dementia compared to those whose adherence declined.
Dr. Park said that trend was consistent across different ages and racial groups.
However, the protective relationship between a healthy diet and dementia was not as apparent among Asian Americans and even less so for Native Hawaiians.
“A tailored approach may be needed when evaluating different subpopulations’ diet quality,” said Park, who added that further studies could help clarify those patterns.
Dr. Park presented the findings at the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition in Orlando, Florida, on June 2.
Thanks!!
I think Alzheimer’s is caused by parasites.
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I am with you. I have more people I love in Heaven than here on earth and I am just about over everything. Hugs to you!!!! Enjoy what life we all have while we are here. More hugs!!!!
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That’s always your answer to anything, Pete! ;)
We only eat 2x a day. Fast from 7pm until about 10am the next morning, other than for water or coffee or tea.
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Is that the temple that hosts a “festival” sort of thing on Sundays? I should go there sometime. The festival, that is.
I think what all of these life-improving diets have in common is: avoid sugar in any form. Avoid foods that don’t look like they have sugar in them (bread and potatoes, for instance) but get metabolized into sugar when you eat them. Avoid food that has mysterious chemicals in it, or an ingredients list with more than three ingredients on it. Avoid junk food, stuff that comes from the inner aisles of the grocery store; shop the periphery of the store (meat, fish, vegetables, a little cheese and maybe some fruit). Don’t eat crap. Don’t eat stuff that’s advertised.
You call it “Mediterranean” and eat more vegetables or call it carnivore and eat nothing but meats and eggs. But just stay away from the crap food. It’s really hard to do this in our society but it’s important.
I hear you. I was the baby of the family, and I'm the last one left. I hope to see them all again some day. On earth, I have my two sons, my brother's widow, their children, and my niece's family. Many hugs sent your way Cowgirl. Even if I had dementia, you're one person I'd like to know and remember.
Welsh valley.
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I’ll take The Welsh Valley...and a couple of sheep, Thanks! :)
“It’s really hard to do this in our society but it’s important.”
You are totally on point. I will admit that in my younger years I did indulge in fast food more than I should have - BUT - I was also running miles and miles a week, so the pounds didn’t pack on. (I was NOT a fitness freak by any stretch!)
What was it doing to my heart? Who knows. I’ll still probably pay for it later, even though I’ve greatly cleaned up my act. ;)
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