Sticking to a healthy diet with more plants and less meat in midlife could be associated with a reduced risk of cognitive impairment in old age, researchers report.
Researchers looked at the diet patterns of the nearly 17,000 middle-aged participants of the Singapore Chinese Health Study over a period of 20 years. Researchers scored the participants on how similar their diet patterns were to five high-quality diets: the alternative Mediterranean diet; the Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010; the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet; the plant-based diet index; and the healthful plant-based diet index.
