8 Step MIND Diet Fights Alzheimer's More Easily

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A strict MIND DIET fights Alzheimer's with the strength of the famous Mediterranean Diet. However, for most of us, who follow our diets a little less strictly, it way outperforms the Mediterranean Diet, lowering risk by 35%. Get the 8 steps to the MIND DIET.

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MIND Diet stands for the Mediterranean-D.A.S.H. Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay Diet.

The MIND diet consists of: 

1. At least three servings of whole grains a day
2. A salad and one other vegetable a day
3. A glass of wine a day
4. A serving of nuts a day
5. Beans every other day
6. Poultry and berries at least twice a week
7. Fish at least once a week
8. Limit unhealthy-brain foods, especially butter (less than one tablespoon a day), cheese, and fast or fried food

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Rush University's MIND Diet Study showed it lowered the risk of Alzheimer's by as much as 53% in participants who adhered to the diet rigorously. It also lowered risk by about 35% in those who followed it moderately well. That's makes the MIND Diet far better than either the Mediterranean Diet or DASH Diet alone.

"One of the more exciting things about this is that people who adhered even moderately to the MIND diet had a reduction in their risk for Alzheimer's disease," said Dr. Clare Morris, a Rush professor and director of Nutrition and Nutritional Epidemiology. "I think that will motivate people."

For an in-depth look at the MIND Diet, go to the video and article,
M.I.N.D. Anti-Alzheimer's Diet

More Information:

• The study was funded by the National Institute on Aging. All the researchers on this study were from Rush except for Frank M. Sacks MD, professor of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Department of Nutrition, at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Sacks chaired the committee that developed the DASH diet.

Source:

• Rush University Medical Center

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Reference:

1. Martha Clare Morris, Christy C. Tangney, Yamin Wang, Frank M. Sacks, David A. Bennett, Neelum T. Aggarwal. MIND diet associated with reduced incidence of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2015; DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2014.11.009