An optional «food frequency questionnaire» was added from 2004 to February 2013, and
the MIND diet study looked at results for 923 volunteers.
Not exact matches
Good nutrition may not be the first thought that pops into people's
minds when they think of gentle parenting, but
studies have shown that many behavior issues and sleep problems have their root in unhealthy eating habits, nutrient - poor
diets, and food additives (dyes, preservatives, etc.).
«I was really intrigued by the results of a previous
MIND study, which showed that the people who were most highly adherent to the
MIND diet cognitively functioned as if they were 7.5 years younger than the least adherent group,» Cherian said.
Study co-author Martha Clare Morris, ScD, a Rush nutritional epidemiologist, and her colleagues developed the
MIND diet based on information from years of research about what foods and nutrients have good, and bad, effects on the functioning of the brain.
The
study participants whose
diets scored highest on the
MIND diet score had substantially slower rate of cognitive decline than those who scored lowest.
Results of the
study showed that high adherence to the
MIND diet lowered the risk for Alzheimer's disease by 53 percent when compared to those who didn't follow the
diet.
Multiple research
studies have looked into whether the
MIND diet helps prevent Alzheimer's disease and other kinds of dementia.
Participants followed the
MIND diet for almost five years and throughout the
study, their cognitive functioning was evaluated annually.
In one
study, a 30 to 35 percent reduction in the risk of cognitive impairment was found in almost 6,000 older adults who strictly followed both the Mediterranean
diet and the
MIND diet.
This
study was not specifically about the
MIND diet, but rather highlighted the importance of a healthy
diet in general for brain health.
The purpose of this
study is to test the effects of a 3 year
diet intervention of the
MIND Diet on cognitive decline and brain neurodegeneration.
A new exciting research field on the forefront is «Psychoneuroimmunology» this is the
study of how our emotional state affects our nervous system and how that in turn affects our immune system.The immune system is largely responsible for most inflammation.Having a positive
mind set and letting go of past issues is as important as
diet in experiencing optimal wellness!
Also keep in
mind that the
diet studied was a very low carbohydrate
diet, not a ketogenic
diet, so it may be hard to draw conclusions about the ketogenic
diet.
I'll leave with this to give you more of an understanding on ketogenic
diets... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2129159/ — Good luck on your journey and hopefully one day you will become more open -
minded and actually question things instead of repeating dogma without looking at the details of the
studies you are posting.
This is the first
study to relate the
MIND diet to Alzheimer's disease.
In the latest
study, the
MIND diet was compared with the two other
diets.
When the researchers in the new
study left out of the analyses those participants who changed their
diets somewhere along the line — say, on a doctor's orders after a stroke — they found that «the association became stronger between the
MIND diet and [favorable] outcomes» in terms of AD, Morris said.
The
study shows that the
MIND diet lowered the risk of AD by as much as 53 percent in participants who adhered to the
diet rigorously, and by about 35 percent in those who followed it moderately well.
keep in
mind the
studies are based on a westernized
diet which gets their omega - 6's (or the majority of them) from extracted refined oils in processed foods.
The
MIND diet has been shown through numerous
studies to lower your odds of developing Alzheimer's disease through eating foods that promote brain health.
Keep in
mind that it's still early days to understand how the ketogenic
diet may help in treating various types of cancer and more
studies need to be done.
The
study calls to
mind the words of the late Robert Atkins, the originator of the Atkins
diet, who wondered sarcastically at what point he could say, «I told you so.»
Mind you, I'm not talking about bread and pasta and pizza, but detailed
studies of centenarian
diets show that over 80 percent of calories in their
diet comes from vegetables, fruit, legumes, and complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains, brown rice, oats, and sweet potatoes.
The
MIND diet, a hybrid of the Mediterranean and DASH
diets, is the most brain - healthy
diet of all that have been
studied.
Studies show that adjusting your dog's
diet with specific guidelines in
mind can positively affect his skin condition (Watson, 1998; The Journal of Nutrition).