![]() ![]() In contrast to the results of slower decline with higher MIND diet score, stroke survivors who scored high on the Mediterranean and DASH diets, did not have significant slowing in their cognitive abilities. The estimated effect of the diet remained strong even after taking into account participants’ level of education and participation in cognitive and physical activities. The study participants whose diets scored highest on the MIND diet score had substantially slower rate of cognitive decline than those who scored lowest. Related diets not associated with slower cognitive decline They also looked at additional factors that are known to affect cognitive performance, including age, gender, education level, participation in cognitively stimulating activities, physical activity, smoking and genetics. The researchers grouped participants into those who were highly adherent to the MIND diet, moderately adherent and least adherent. They assessed people in the study every year until their deaths or the study’s conclusion, for an average of 5.9 years, and monitored patients’ eating habits using food journals. “It made me wonder if those findings would hold true for stroke survivors, who are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to the general population.”įrom 2004 to 2017, Cherian and colleagues studied 106 participants of the Rush Memory and Aging Project who had a history of stroke for cognitive decline, including decline in one’s ability to think, reason and remember. “I was really intrigued by the results of a previous MIND study, which showed that the people who were most highly adherent to the MIND diet cognitively functioned as if they were 7.5 years younger than the least adherent group,” Cherian said. The diet also specifies limiting intake of the designated unhealthy foods, limiting butter to less than 1 1/2 teaspoons a day and eating less than five servings a week of sweets and pastries, and less than one serving per week of whole fat cheese, and fried or fast food. To adhere to and benefit from the MIND diet, a person would need to eat at least three servings of whole grains, a green leafy vegetable and one other vegetable every day - along with a glass of wine - snack most days on nuts, have beans every other day or so, eat poultry and berries at least twice a week and fish at least once a week. Those interested in participating in the study can call (708) 660-MIND (6463) or email MIND diet has 15 dietary components, including 10 “brain-healthy food groups” and five unhealthy groups - red meat, butter, cheese, pastries and sweets, and fried or fast food. Rush is currently seeking volunteers to participate in the study, which aims to show whether a specific diet can prevent cognitive decline and brain changes with age. Even people who moderately adhered had reduced risk of AD and cognitive decline. The diet has been associated with reduced Alzheimer’s risk in seniors who adhered to its recommendations. Study co-author Martha Clare Morris, ScD, a Rush nutritional epidemiologist, and her colleagues developed the MIND diet based on information from years of research about what foods and nutrients have good, and bad, effects on the functioning of the brain. Study assessed survivors’ cognitive function, monitored their diets “We found that it has the potential to help slow cognitive decline in stroke survivors.”Ĭherian is the lead author of the study, which was funded by the National Institute of Aging (grant numbers R01AG054476 and R01AG17917). Cherian, a vascular neurologist and assistant professor in Rush’s Department of Neurological Sciences. “The foods that promote brain health, including vegetables, berries, fish and olive oil, are included in the MIND diet,” said Dr. Both have been found to reduce the risk of cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension, heart attack and stroke. The diet is a hybrid of the Mediterranean and DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diets. The diet, known as the MIND diet, is short for Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay. The findings are significant because stroke survivors are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to the general population. 25 at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2018 in Los Angeles. ![]() A diet created by researchers at Rush University Medical Center may help substantially slow cognitive decline in stroke survivors, according to preliminary research presented on Jan. ![]()
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