by A new study finds that a Mediterranean diet prices the risk of dementia for genetically endangered adults.
Dementia in which the cognitive functioning of the cognitive function is more than six million Americans and, according to the National Institutes of Health, leads to more than 100,000 deaths per year. With increasing age of the US population, dementia cases are expected to double by 2060, says the NIH.
A study published in the journal Nature On Monday, a Mediterranean diet with vegetable food and healthy fats found the risk of dementia in people with two copies of the APOE4 gene by at least 35 percent.
The APOE4 gene is an important risk factor for Alzheimer’s, the most common disease causes dementia.
“We watched over 5,700 people for 34 years and found those who followed a Mediterranean floor round with little alcohol, red and processed meat, but full of vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grain products, legumes, fish and olive oil, reduced the risk of dementia,” said Yuxi Liu, said author of the study, said CNN.
She added: “But the benefits for people with the Apoe4 gene were the highest, especially for those with two copies of Apoe4.”
The Mediterranean diet is known for its health benefits. The Cleveland Clinic, a non-profit academic medical center, says that nutrition can reduce its risk to many chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases.
The Cleveland Clinic lists several health benefits of the Mediterranean diet, including slowing down the decline in brain function when they get older. The medical center said that the healthy unsaturated fats such as omega-3 fatty acids found in the diet support the health of the brain.
According to Liu, the more people with two APOE4 genes stick to the Mediterranean diet, the better.
“According to a Mediterranean base, not only reduced the likelihood that dementia developed by 35% in people with two APOE4 genes, but also reduced the risk a higher compliance with the diet,” she said.
