MIND diet shown to cut dementia risk in recent studies

A Swedish research team led by Dr. Anja Mrhar at the Karolinska Institutet found that higher scores on healthy eating patterns—including the Alternate Mediterranean Diet, Alternative Healthy Eating Index and a low‑inflammatory diet index—were associated with lower levels of dementia biomarkers and a reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s‑type pathology in adults over 60. The findings were published in Neurology.

An analysis in Lancet Public Health reported that adherence to the MIND diet can lower dementia risk by up to 40 percent. The diet combines Mediterranean foods with blood‑pressure‑friendly components and emphasizes leafy greens, berries, nuts, legumes, whole grains, olive oil and fish while limiting sugar, alcohol and saturated fats.

Greek health experts Dr. Sandra Darling and Dr. Alexis Supan of the Cleveland Clinic echoed these results, stating that strict adherence to the MIND diet reduces dementia risk by 53 percent and moderate adherence by 35 percent, likely through reduced oxidative stress and inflammation.