Higher adherence to the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay, or MIND) diet reduced the risk for cognitive impairment, particularly in women, results from a cohort study published in Neurology showed.
Several dietary patterns have shown both positive and negative associations with cognition. Healio previously reported that consuming a healthy plant-based diet for 3 years was tied to a reduced risk for cognitive impairment.
The MIND diet has also been connected to better cognition and resistance to neuropathology in past analyses, Russell P. Sawyer, MD, an assistant