Research has consistently shown that the Mediterranean diet offers numerous health benefits, including lowering the risk of chronic disease and improving gut and brain health.
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A new study suggests that following a “green” Mediterranean diet that includes a few specific superfoods and fewer animal products could slow cognitive aging and protect the brain.
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Several factors influence brain age, including actual (chronological) age, genetics, and lifestyle, says Dafna Pachter, a PhD student at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and the study’s first author. “We have ways to influence brain age, and that was the purpose of the…
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