A geneticist has revealed a diet that saves you from Alzheimer’s disease: eat like this and you will always be sane

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Research by scientists confirms the connection between nutrition and the likelihood of a person developing various diseases. Moreover, some diets can have a positive effect on cognitive function, said Alina Levina, a geneticist and bioinformatics specialist at MyGenetics.

According to her, one of the most effective diets recommended for preventing Alzheimer’s is the MIND diet. This diet is a combination of the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet and is recommended for those suffering from hypertension.

Various studies suggest that after 4.5 years of eating the MIND diet, the likelihood of a person developing Alzheimer’s disease decreases by 53%. In addition, another study demonstrated a significant slowdown in cognitive function in subjects who followed the MIND diet for an average of about five years, Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes.

Another study of 116 cognitively normal adults found that those who ate a Mediterranean diet had denser cortical areas. It is these areas of the brain that shrink in those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, so increasing their density could be seen as protecting against the disease.

We previously reported that scientists have discovered what people who live over 100 years eat.