Study: Mediterranean diet fights Alzheimer’s disease

A recent study revealed that people who follow the Mediterranean diet and the brain-focused “MIND” diet are less likely to develop prominent signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
And CNN explained that among the signs of Alzheimer’s disease that the Mediterranean diet combats is the appearance of sticky beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain.
Overall, the study said, people who followed any type of diet had “almost 40 percent lower odds” of developing enough plaques and tangles in brain tissue to signal Alzheimer’s disease.
In the same vein, strict adherents of the Mediterranean diet showed an average of the same amounts of plaque and tangles in their brains as those 18 years younger than those who adhered to the same diet to lesser degrees.
The results of the study added that people who adhered to the “MIND” diet had an average rate of plaque amounts and tangles in their brains similar to those 12 years younger than those who adhered to the diet to lower degrees.
The study highlighted that eating the recommended amounts of vegetables or fruits reduced the build-up of amyloid in the brain to a level similar to those who were about four years younger.
The MIND diet combines the Mediterranean and DASH diets and is a rapid intervention to delay neurodegeneration.