At least two years later, these individuals also showed a greater increase of deposits and reduction of energy use — potentially signaling an increased risk for Alzheimer’s — than those who more closely followed the Mediterranean diet.
What’s more, a small study looked at brain scans of 70 people who had no signs of dementia at the outset, and scored them for how closely their eating patterns hewed to a Mediterranean diet. Those who scored low tended to have more beta-amyloid deposits (protein plaques in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease) and lower energy use in the brain at the end of the study. At least two years later, these individuals also showed a greater increase of deposits and reduction of energy use — potentially signaling an increased risk for Alzheimer’s — than those who more closely followed the Mediterranean diet.
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