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Heart-Healthy Diet May Preserve Memory
Published: Jul 18, 2013 | Updated: Jul 18, 2013
By Charlene Laino, Senior Writer, Gupta Guide
Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
BOSTON -- Evidence continues to grow that a diet rich in vegetables, legumes, and nuts -- and low in fat -- may help to protect against cognitive decline in older persons.
Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet was linearly associated with slower cognitive decline in a prospective cohort study of persons 65 years and older (P=0.006), Martha Morris, ScD, of Rush University in Chicago, and colleagues reported at the annual Alzheimer's Association International Conference.
"To put this into context, people in the top tertile of adherence to the diet were the equivalent of 4.5 years younger in age than people in the lowest tertile," she said.
Randomized controlled trials have shown that the DASH diet offers a host of cardiovascular benefits, from lowering blood pressure to preventing diabetes and reducing cholesterol, inflammation, and oxidative stress.
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Heart-Healthy Diet May Preserve Memory
Published: Jul 18, 2013 | Updated: Jul 18, 2013
By Charlene Laino, Senior Writer, Gupta Guide
Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
BOSTON -- Evidence continues to grow that a diet rich in vegetables, legumes, and nuts -- and low in fat -- may help to protect against cognitive decline in older persons.
Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet was linearly associated with slower cognitive decline in a prospective cohort study of persons 65 years and older (P=0.006), Martha Morris, ScD, of Rush University in Chicago, and colleagues reported at the annual Alzheimer's Association International Conference.
"To put this into context, people in the top tertile of adherence to the diet were the equivalent of 4.5 years younger in age than people in the lowest tertile," she said.
Randomized controlled trials have shown that the DASH diet offers a host of cardiovascular benefits, from lowering blood pressure to preventing diabetes and reducing cholesterol, inflammation, and oxidative stress.
Read more >>
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