Adding More of These Foods to Your Diet Can Reduce the Risk of Dementia, According to New Research

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Adding More of These Foods to Your Diet Can Reduce the Risk of Dementia, According to New Research - Eating Well

It's no secret that eating veggies is good for your health—a plant-based diet has all kinds of benefits, from protecting your heart to helping reduce your risk for prostate or colon cancer. And now researchers have added another benefit to the list: protecting your brain health.

A new study in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research found that adding more fruits, vegetables and other plant-based foods to your diet could help reduce the risk of cognitive decline. The study took place in France and followed more than 800 people over 65 years old for 12 years. Researchers focused on metabolites—the end products of metabolism—and their effect on cognitive impairment. They found that foods like cocoa, coffee, mushrooms, apples and blueberries had a protective association with brain health.

The researchers identified an inverse association between the metabolites of those plant foods and markers of cognitive decline. Essentially, this means the more plant-based metabolites that were present in a subject's samples, the fewer metabolites associated with cognitive decline there were.
 
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