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....
From the
August 2015 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
