Reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease by eating green leafy vegetables according to the latest research.

Reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease by eating green leafy vegetables according to the latest research.

Eating salads may not be enough.  Eating green leafy salads on the other hand may not only feed the gut as current research tells us but also reduce the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease according to MedPage Today.

A number of years ago a long-term study of people who aged into their 90s was done to determine the path of aging and dementia and it was reported on by 60 minutes.   Years ago, understanding if someone had Alzheimer which has beta-amyloid deposits in the brain was a common autopsy finding. Since then, an imaging method that was safe to do on live participants had found that a number of the people studied had plagues in their brains yet had no signs of dementia. Geriatricians are well aware that different decades of life require differences in the care you receive or don’t receive medically.

On the other hand, the overzealous management of blood pressure was blamed for infarcts in the brain caused by the lowering of blood pressure too much for that individual.  Apparently, in many seniors, elevated blood pressure helped keep the brain oxygenated to avoid this type of dementia often seen as TIA’s or mini-strokes that were caused by physician management.

The more we believe we know, the more we find out we don’t unfortunately, however, what we eat is often affecting our health in ways we couldn’t even imagine as the movement to understand the idea that food is medicine is gaining believers in the scientific community.

According to the article, Healthy, plant-based dietary patterns were linked with less postmortem Alzheimer’s disease pathology, primarily beta-amyloid load, in older adults. Healthy, plant-based dietary patterns were linked with less postmortem Alzheimer’s disease pathology, primarily beta-amyloid load, in older adults.

Two types of diets seem to be the healthiest in helping study participants reduce the buildup of Amyloid in the brain; Mediterranean and MIND which includes green leafy vegetables.

Check out the latest article in Medpage Today

Autopsies Show Relationship Between Alzheimer’s Pathology and Diet in Older Adults

— Green leafy vegetable intake inversely correlated with pathology in postmortem brain tissue

by Judy George, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today March 8, 2023

Healthy, plant-based dietary patterns were linked with less postmortem Alzheimer’s disease pathology, primarily beta-amyloid load, in older adults.

Both MIND diet scores (β -0.022, P=0.035; standardized beta -2.0) and Mediterranean diet scores (β -0.007, P=0.039; standardized beta -2.3) were significantly associated with lower global Alzheimer’s pathology, reported Puja Agarwal, PhD, of Rush University in Chicago, and co-authors.

MIND and Mediterranean diets were also associated with less beta-amyloid at autopsy (MIND standardized beta -2.0, Mediterranean standardized beta -2.9), the researchers wrote in Neurologyopens in a new tab or window.

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