Eating a Mediterranean Diet may Help Boost Gut Bacteria Linked to 'healthy Ageing'

Following the Mediterranean diet later in life appears to promote "healthy" gut bacteria, which has been tied to decreased frailty and cognitive decline, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iGut/i. As aging is associated with deteriorating bodily functions and increasing inflammation, both of which herald the onset of frailty, this diet might act on gut bacteria in such a way as to help curb the advance of physical frailty and cognitive decline in older age, suggest the researchers....