MedDiet cuts diabetes risk by a third in 25-year Women’s Health Study
The Mediterranean diet reduces diabetes risk by 30% in women who are considered clinically overweight or obese, a new analysis of long-term data finds.
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MedDiet linked to improved cognition, but not dementia benefits, in updated review
An updated review confirms that adherence to the much-studied Mediterranean diet offers some protection against cognitive decline, investigators say.
Multi-focus program cuts lifestyle risk for dementia
Seniors educated on the benefits of a health lifestyle, Mediterranean diet, physical activity and cognitive engagement made enough changes to improve cognition after earlier testing for mild impairment, Australian researchers reported this week.
Diet may help preserve cognition: Fish, vegetables most protective foods
Study participants who consumed the most fish had a significantly slower cognitive decline rate, according to researchers.
Mediterranean diet improves gut health in elders; tied to lower frailty
Elders who adhered to the diet increased the amount of gut flora that are associated with lower frailty risk and improved cognitive function.
Gut reaction: Mediterranean diet aids digestion
Certain foods from the classic Mediterranean diet are linked to high levels of helpful gut bacteria, a Netherlandish study has found.
Mediterranean diet linked to lower cognitive decline in U.S. seniors
Seniors who eat more of the foods found in a Mediterranean diet are less likely show symptoms of cognitive decline, a U.S. study has found.
Diet improvement is ‘stronger weapon than drugs’ in fight against dementia, docs tell UK prime minister
An effort to change people’s diets would be more effective in preventing dementia than focusing on drug treatments, a multinational group of high-profile physicians said in a recent letter to U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
The very ‘un-American’ Mediterranean diet
A recent study confirms the benefits of the “Mediterranean diet.” Long considered the paragon of healthy eating, the diet has been linked to reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, and death from other illnesses. While not shocking, the study results are encouraging. But there is one problem: The diet bears little resemblance to the…
