Mediterranean diet linked to healthy brain

With the New Year officially here, many people are committed to accomplishing their goals, such as sticking to a healthy diet.   

According to U.S. News & World Report, the best diets overall is the DASH Diet, Mediterranean Diet and the MIND Diet. These three diets rank as the top three for improving your health and fitness goals, and researchers found that one of these diets even have a positive effect on the brain.

Researchers conducted a study and found that people who are on the Mediterranean diet and work well with sticking to it have less brain shrinkage, as they grow older. The team used MRI scans to test 401 people in a three-year period.

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