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Med diet 'reduces dementia risk'
Eating a "Mediterranean-style" healthy diet significantly reduces the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a study has suggested.
US researchers looked at the diet and health of 2,200 people over four years.

The more people kept to a Mediterranean diet, the less likely they were to develop Alzheimer's, according to the Annals of Neurology study. <snip>

The Mediterranean diet - rich in fruit, vegetables and cereals with some fish and alcohol and very little dairy and meat - has been cited as being generally good for health for some time. <snip>

The researchers from the Columbia University Medical Center assessed participants' neurological health, and noted their dietary habits.

Their food intake was given a "Mediterranean Diet score" of between zero and nine. <snip>

The researchers found that, for each additional point on the Mediterranean diet scale, the risk of Alzheimer's dropped by almost 10%. <snip>

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"As we get older, eating a healthy diet including fresh fruit and vegetables, getting our blood pressure and cholesterol checked regularly, taking exercise and watching our weight may all turn out to be important ways of reducing our risk of developing dementia in later life."




Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/4904082.stm