The combined Mediterranean and blood pressure lowering diet (MIND) may slow the structural changes related to brain ageing, finds research published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.
This diet is associated with less tissue loss over time, especially grey matter – the brain’s information processing hub, with a key role in memory, learning and decision-making – and less ventricular enlargement, which reflects brain atrophy, where tissue loss is accompanied by the enlargement of cerebrospinal fluid-filled spaces.
The researchers conclude: “These findings reinforce the potential of the MIND diet as a brain-healthy dietary pattern and support its role in strategies aimed at slowing neurodegeneration in ageing populations.”
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