Mediterranean Diet Can Lower Alzheimer’s Risk And Do A Whole Lot Besides

The Mediterranean diet is defined as a modern nutritional recommendation inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of poor coastal regions of southern Italy, Crete, and coastal Greece in the 1960s. It includes:

• abundant plant foods,
• fresh fruit as the typical daily dessert,
• olive oil as the principal source of fat,
• dairy products (principally cheese and yogurt),
• fish and poultry consumed in low to moderate amounts,
• zero to four eggs consumed weekly,
• red meat consumed in low amounts, and
• wine consumed in low to moderate amounts

Now we know that this nutritional therapy can be good for preventing:

• Alzheimer’s Disease. The Mediterranean diet can help prevent brain damage linked to memory loss and strokes
• This diet is also said to prevent stomach cancer
• Added to this, the Mediterranean diet also can be an anti depressant since it improves the working of blood vessels, reduces the oxidative damage and decreases inflammation