The Diet That Saves the Brain | Longevity science | Scoop.it
The first study to specifically examine the effects of the Mediterranean diet found benefits to the brain.

 

Coming out in this month's issue of Archives of Neurology, a new study indicates that the eating pattern typically called the 'Mediterranean diet,' might help protect the small blood vessels in the brain. This could mean less stroke and less memory loss for people that eat within these guidelines, though the results are an association only and not considered hard proof. 

 

People who ate more monounsaturated fats (such as in olive oil) had the best brain scans.