Those who best implemented the Mediterranean diet had a 23 percent lower risk of developing dementia, which equated to an absolute risk reduction of 0.55 percent.
Diet may be one of the interventions to prevent and reduce the risk of dementia.
A traditional Mediterranean diet that includes lots of seafood, fruit and nuts, or plenty of other healthy plant foods may reduce the risk of dementia, according to a newly published study.
The association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and reduced risk of dementia remained even after accounting for individual genetic risk, according to the authors.
The above conclusions were obtained after dietary assessment and grouping of more than 60,000 people.
In the early morning of March 14, the above research results were published online in the international academic journal "BMC Medicine". The title of the paper is "Mediterranean diet adherence is associated with lower dementia risk, independent of genetic predisposition: findings from the UK Biobank prospective cohort study". Biobank prospective cohort study).
The corresponding author of the paper is John C Mathers, a professor at the Human Nutrition & Exercise Research Center, Newcastle University, UK.
The Mediterranean diet is a traditional way of eating in countries along the Mediterranean Sea, including Greece, Italy, Croatia, Lebanon, Turkey and Monaco. The diet included fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, legumes, extra-virgin olive oil, and herbs and spices, and people ate fish and seafood at least twice a week, along with moderate amounts of poultry, eggs, cheese, and yoghurt.
By grouping and analyzing data from 60,298 individuals who completed dietary assessments from The UK Biobank, the researchers found that those who followed the Mediterranean diet best People had a 23% lower risk of developing dementia, equivalent to an absolute risk reduction of 0.55%.
The above-mentioned evaluated population was followed up for an average of 9.1 years. Additionally, previous studies examining the effects of a Mediterranean diet have generally been limited to small sample sizes and few cases. This diet may be used as an intervention to be incorporated into future dementia risk reduction strategies.
According to the official website of the World Health Organization (WHO), dementia (dementia) is a chronic or progressive syndrome, usually cognitive function (more severe decline than normal aging process. It affects memory, thinking, orientation , comprehension, calculation, learning, language, and judgment, but does not affect consciousness.Cognitive impairment is usually accompanied by declines in emotional control, social behavior, and motivation, or later than the above-mentioned conditions.
Oliver M. Shannon, co-first author of the paper and Dr. Oliver M. Shannon of Newcastle University in the UK, said that people who want to reduce dementia may be able to adopt a diet similar to the Mediterranean diet-eating more fruits and vegetables, nuts, And with fish.
However, the authors caution that further studies in a range of populations may be needed to determine potential benefits due to limitations of genetic data.
