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.
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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…
