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When it comes to eating well, there's solid research on what to consume for all kinds of health goals. Want to protect your heart? There's a diet for that. Want to cut your diabetes risk, trim belly fat or increase energy? Doctors know what foods to recommend in these cases as well. But what about a meal plan to help stave off Alzheimer's disease? Now you're covered there, too—with a new way to eat that combines the Mediterranean diet and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) nutrition plan. It's called the MIND diet (which stands for Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay). In a recent study, people who followed the MIND diet had as much as a 53 percent reduction in risk for Alzheimer's. And even if you sneak in the occasional cheat day, you'll still reap rewards; adhering to the plan even part of the time decreased risk up to 35 percent. Consider the following foods for thought....