Eating a diet that emphasizes food with anti-inflammatory properties can help protect brain health, according to a new study, has the potential to reduce the risk of dementia in the future. This study originated from the American Academy of Neurology, revealed that certain foods – including fruits and vegetables – can support brain health by reducing inflammation.
Foods consumed regularly play a big role in a person’s overall health. Eating a high diet of red meat and processed meat, alcohol, and sugar, for example, has been associated with problems such as inflammation and heart disease, while vegetable diet that focuses on oil and healthy foods has been found to reduce the risk of stroke and certain other conditions.
Although this study often focuses on conditions such as strokes, heart attacks, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes, a research body also provides evidence that diet also has a role in supporting brain health – and that a bad diet may have a real impact on cognition ending time.
The latest study of the American Academy of Neurology connects the consumption of the anti-inflammatory diet with a reduction in the risk of dementia in the future. This finding is based on data analysis of 1,059 older adults in Greece; These participants did not have dementia when the research began, but 6 percent of them develop conditions over the next few years.
Using a scale to give each participant in an inflammatory diet score, researchers separate individuals into three groups. The participants who fell into the highest inflammatory diet group were three times more likely compared to the lowest group that developed dementia. In addition, the participants who are in the lowest inflammatory diet score group have the largest consumption of fruit, vegetables, nuts such as nuts, and tea/coffee that is the largest compared to those in the highest group.
Inflammatory scores range from -8.87 to 7.98, with a higher amount referring to a diet that promotes inflammation and lower amounts refer to more anti -inflammatory diet. According to the researchers, each 1 point increase on this scale correlated with a 21 percent leap in the risk of dementia. It is important to note, however, that this is an observational study, which means it only shows the relationship between diet and dementia risk.