What happens after a week of eating brain-friendly food?
'26.08.2017'
Source: The idealist
It's no secret that the food consumed significantly affects the state of our body. The correct diet is the key to vitality, energy and physical productivity, transfers The idealist.
However, there are dietary regimes specifically designed to keep our brains toned.
Anisa Horton from Fastcompany decided on myself to experience the MIND diet and tells readers about how its productivity has changed in just a week.
“The MIND Diet was created by researchers at Rush University Medical Center and the Harvard School of Public Health. By creating a hybrid of the popular Mediterranean diet and the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Hypertension) diet, the researchers studied dietary patterns that reduce the risk of Alzheimer's and conducted cognitive tests on 960 adults over 9 years, tracking their dietary habits, ”Horton said.
The MIND diet promotes a high intake of 10 “brain-friendly” food groups such as green leafy vegetables, nuts, berries, and fish. It provides for restricting (but not prohibiting) the consumption of unhealthy food groups, such as red meat, butter and margarine, cheese, sweets and processed foods.
Conclusions published in the journal Alzheimer & Dementia: Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, showed that older people who strictly followed the MIND diet showed a lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by 53%, and those who followed it moderately reduced their risk by 35%.
“The first thing I had to deal with on this diet was the increase in food costs. Salmon, olive oil, blueberries and nuts are not cheap and are the staples of the MIND diet. I also bought three times more leafy greens (kale and spinach) than usual. I was shopping alone this week because my husband was out of town and still my bill was $ 20 more than usual for two.
I also found that I eat almost the same every day. Breakfast consisted of eggs, spinach and salmon, plus black coffee and a teaspoon of coconut oil. Lunch - salad, chicken breast with kale, spinach, edam and a slice of broccoli with a handful of almonds. Dinner - lentil curry with vegetables and brown rice. The biggest change for me was ditching dairy and refined sugar, so I swapped out my usual afternoon snack of flavored Greek yogurt for unsweetened coconut cream granules, yogurt, blueberries, and chia seeds. Instead of milky ice coffee, green tea with mint. Twice a week, I allowed myself to relax, eating fatty foods, ”said Anisa Horton.
