Med diet can prevent Alzheimer's: study

A study involving 1,984 persons with the average age of about 76 indicated that such a diet can reduce the risk for the degenerative brain disease.

During the one year study period, the subjects' diet was closely monitored. Their age, weight, health conditions and other lifestyle aspects were also factored in the study but diet appeared to play a prominent role in controlling or preventing age-related mental decline.

People whose diets were most similar to the Mediterranean diet had as much as 68 percent lower risks compared to those who did not, the researchers observed.

The study was conducted by researchers from Columbia University and the report was published in the online version of the Archives of Neurology.

Another study in the same issue reports that Omega-3 fatty acid supplements can help slow down the mental decline among patients diagnosed with early or mild Alzheimer's.

Steve - this is basically consistent from what we have seen over the last decade of research with regard to the Mediterranean Diet.