Researchers from Columbia University studied more than 2,000 New Yorkers over four years found that people who ate a Mediterranean diet realized senior health benefits such as lower incidence of heart disease and are least likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, the same researchers followed 192 people with Alzheimer’s disease. "The more closely people followed the Mediterranean diet, the more they reduced their mortality," said study author Nikos Scarmeas, MD, MSc, of Columbia University Medical Center in New York, and member of the American Academy of Neurology. “Alzheimer’s patients who adhered to the diet to a moderate degree lived an average 1.3 years longer than those people who least adhered to the diet,” according to Science Daily.
A Mediterranean diet is rich in fresh fruit and vegetables, fish, extra-virgin olive oil and whole grains. Read more about the diet on Wikipedia.
