Researchers on Monday unveiled a new study that finds a proper diet can help to lower your risk of contracting Alzheimer’s by 40%.

The study, which appears in the Archives of Neurology, lays out a clear, and tasty road, to not only reducing your risk of Alzheimer’s, but also to living a more healthy life:

Those least likely to develop the disease ate more olive oil-based salad dressing, nuts, fish, tomatoes, poultry, cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, fruits, and dark and green leafy vegetables and ate less red meat, organ meat or high-fat dairy products.

“People who adhered mostly to this dietary pattern compared to others have about a 40 percent reduction in the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease,” Gu said.

She said the diet likely works in two ways. Because it is rich in heart-healthy foods, it may be protecting the brain from strokes that could make it more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease.

But it also may be that the nutrients — such as omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants and folate — directly protect the brain.

Source: Yahoo! News

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