Adherence to the MIND diet and longitudinal brain structural changes over a decade: evidence from the Framingham heart study offspring cohort - PubMed
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- The MIND diet is linked to lower risk of neurodegenerative diseases and beneficial associations with brain imaging markers.
- A study of 1647 middle-aged and older individuals from the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort (FOS) assessed the MIND diet's impact on brain structural changes over a median follow-up of 12.3 years.
- Greater adherence to the MIND diet was associated with slower decline in total grey matter volume, with each three-unit increase in the MIND diet score linked to a 0.279 cm³/year slower decline.
- Higher MIND diet scores were also associated with slower increases in lateral ventricular volume, particularly in the left lateral ventricle.
- The findings suggest that the MIND diet may support brain health and delay structural brain ageing.