The diet for life that reduces your risk of dementia

The MIND diet, combining the Mediterranean and DASH diets, aims to keep the brain healthy. Following the MIND diet can reduce Alzheimer’s risk by up to 53% and cognitive decline. Key foods include leafy greens, berries, nuts, whole grains, and fatty fish; avoid red meat and sweets.

Most of us would do anything to avoid dementia. So what if there was a specific diet , one which doesn’t involve having to get out the scales or cut out all your favourite foods, that helped to do that? The MIND diet (Mediterranean Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) is not your classic weight-loss plan. It’s an eating strategy for life, designed specifically to keep your brain healthy.



First devised in the US, about 10 years ago, studies have consistently shown that following the MIND diet drastically reduces your risk of dementia – one showed a reduction in Alzheimer’s by an astonishing 53% – as well as offering other benefits to your brain. So where to start? How does the MIND diet work?.