Mediterranean Diet Could Delay Senile

Mediterranean diets have long known the benefits for patients with diabetes, including lowering the risk of heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's up death. But a new study found this diet also can delay memory loss or dementia that often occur with age a person.
A diet rich in olive oil, fruits, vegetables, nuts, fish and low in saturated fat is known to contain high antioxidants and unsaturated fatty acids such as omega-3 that have a positive impact on the heart and brain.
Because there is no definitive method of treatment for this serious condition, the factors that can be modified and delay the appearance of symptoms of dementia or senility as diet is becoming very important.
This conclusion is obtained after the researchers collected data from 17,478 people diet Afro-American and Caucasian with an average age of 64 years. Participants are also given a number of tests to measure the ability to think and recall them during the four-year study period.
The result, seven percent of participants reported having impaired thinking and memory skills during the study. But participants were healthy and had approached the diet Mediterranean diet experienced a reduction in the risk of cognitive decline by 19 percent.
Nevertheless, this has not been proven diet can reduce the risk of cognitive decline in participants who were patients with diabetes. Researchers believe this is due to the diabetes causes damage to the brain through increased levels of insulin and hypoglycemia, which can not be prevented or treated by dietary changes alone.
In addition, no evidence if someone who experienced cognitive decline will be recovered simply by changing his diet and switching to a Mediterranean diet. Only a few previous studies have confirmed this Greek-style diet may provide protection to the brain and prevent further cognitive decline.
But equally important, this is just one of several important lifestyle components that can play an important role in maintaining cognitive function in old age. Goods, preventing obesity, not smoking and taking drugs diligently to address conditions such as diabetes and hypertension are also important.