'Mediterranean' Diet May Cut Alzheimer's Risk

It is well postulated and known that a well-balanced diet will help a person out in avoiding certain diseases. Until recently, there were no links between diet and Alzheimer's disease. In a recent study, diet was linked to development of Alzheimer's. In this study, data was collected on almost 2000 people with an average age of 76. In this data, 194 had developed Alheimer's. By scoring their diet on a scale of 0 to 9 with its closeness to the Mediterranean diet, that people in the top third as compared with the bottom third had a 68% low risk of developing Alzheimer's.

In a different study in the same article, the effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplements and decline in Alzheimer's patients was examined. For the most part, a small alleviation in decline was seen in a few of the patients. Some of the peatients did not see any decline. The interesting part of me was seeing that some of the patients who started on the placebo and changed to the omega-3 supplements ended up showed less cognitive decline.

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