Sticking With Mediterranean or MIND Diets Linked to Lower Dementia Risk
Graded Strong — two prospective cohorts of 130,240 adults followed from 1980 and 1986 to 2023 with repeated diet assessment, though dementia was self-reported or taken from death records.
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This study suggests long-term adherence to Mediterranean or MIND diets may be associated with lower dementia risk.
Following a Mediterranean or MIND diet long-term was linked to meaningful reductions in dementia risk in a study of over 130,000 U.S. nurses and health professionals. Those with the highest Mediterranean diet scores had 21% lower dementia risk, while top MIND diet followers had 14% lower risk. Higher adherence was also tied to 0.75 to 1.59 fewer years of cognitive aging and roughly 40% lower risk of self-reported cognitive decline. Even people who improved their diet over 4 or 8 years saw similar benefits.
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