Eating lots of plant-based foods may have ‘protective effect’ regardless of a person’s genetic risk
The findings, published in the journal BMC Medicine, are based on data from more than 60,000 individuals from the UK Biobank, an online database of medical and lifestyle records from more than half a million Britons.
Over the course of nearly a decade, there were 882 cases of dementia, but those who followed a strict Mediterranean diet had a 23 per cent lower risk of developing the condition, compared with those who ate differently. “Dementia impacts the lives of millions of individuals throughout the world, and there are currently limited options for treating this condition,” he said.
Prof David Curtis from UCL’s Genetics Institute said the study did not reflect the fact that people who ate a Mediterranean diet were more likely to have a generally healthy lifestyle, making it unclear whether the diet itself reduced dementia risk, “although it is plausible that it might do so”.
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