Adherence to the MIND diet and longitudinal brain structural changes over a decade: evidence from the Framingham heart study offspring cohort.

Hui Chen, Gulisiya Hailili, Lu-Sha Tong, Leqi Fei, Yaying Cao, Xin Xu, Xue Li, Debora Melo van Lent, Changzheng Yuan

School of Public Health, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.School of Public Health, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. · pubmed

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Abstract

The MIND diet was favourably linked to lower risk of neurodegenerative diseases. While previous cross-sectional studies implied its beneficial associations with brain imaging markers, its associations with long-term brain structural changes remained unclear.

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Research summary

The paper claims that adherence to the MIND diet is associated with longitudinal brain structural changes over a decade. This research is relevant as it explores dietary impacts on brain health, which can influence aging and neurodegenerative disease progression.

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