Thinking and Mediterranean eating
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From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, I'm Ira Dreyfuss with HHS HealthBeat.
A study indicates that people who follow eating patterns common around the Mediterranean, which emphasize whole grains, vegetables, fish, olive oil, and moderate amounts of wine, tend to hold onto their thinking abilities more as they age.
At Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Christy Tangney saw evidence in data on about 3,700 Chicagoans over the age of 65, who were followed for seven to 10 years.
``Those individuals that were closest to that experienced a significantly slower rate of decline - they basically could cognitively function at a much higher level for a longer period of time.'' (12 seconds)
The study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition was supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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