Lower the Risk of Memory Decline With Mediterranean Style Diet

Older adults who were on the Mediterranean diet and the MIND diet had a lower risk for memory difficulties. The Mediterranean diet is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, potatoes, nuts, olive oil and fish. Processed foods, fried and fast foods, snack foods, red meat, poultry and whole-fat dairy foods are infrequently eaten on the Mediterranean diet. The MIND diet is a version of the Mediterranean diet that includes 15 types of foods. Ten are considered "brain-healthy:" green leafy ...