The MIND diet: Berry good for brain health in later years

The MIND diet is based on Mediterranean eating, and proponents claim it can help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, writes Margaret Jennings

IT’S cleverly called the MIND diet — and benefits our grey matter. Now new research carried out in Chicago reveals that older participants who only partially adhered to it, reduced their risk of Alzheimer’s by 35%, while those who stuck to it longer reduced the risk by 53% — a bold claim to make.

Spelled out in full it’s a mouthful — the Mediterranean-Dash Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND), but its origin is based on a combination of aspects of the much-referenced Mediterranean diet, and the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, both of which have shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.