People who consumed foods from the plant-based Mediterranean and brain-focused MIND diets had fewer of the hallmark signs of Alzheimer's — sticky beta-amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain — when autopsied, a new study found.
In fact, people who most closely followed either of the diets had "almost 40% lower odds" of having enough plaques and tangles in brain tissue to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's, according to the study.
"Doing a simple dietary modification, such as adding more greens, berries, whole grains, olive oil and fish, can actually delay your onset of Alzheimer's disease or reduce your risk of dementia when you're growing old," said study author Puja Agarwal, an assistant professor of internal medicine at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.
"Of course, the Mediterranean diet is also heart healthy ... by reducing the risk for stroke and neurovascular injury that can also increase risk for Alzheimer's disease pathology," said Rudy Tanzi, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, who was not involved in the study.
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