Mediterranean Diet is good for you - New study shows that the diet also prevents mental decline

A food pyramid showing what a Mediterranean Diet consists of.

There has been news during the past week about a new study showing the benefits of a Mediterranean Diet. The benefits of the diet are nothing new, but the new study adds to the previous ones by showing one of the biggest advantageds being the prevention of mental decline.

The study shows that eating a Mediterranean diet appears to lower risk for mental decline, and may help prevent Alzheimer’s in people with existing memory problems, new research suggests. The study results can be found on from the website of Archives of Neurology.

The idea of Mediterranean eating is to eat simply made dishes in small proportions and the meals should be consumed among good friends or family for the best effect. The ingredients are nothing special. The diet has lots of green stuff. That means alot of fruits and vegetables, nuts, grains, seeds, beans and olive oil. Eggs, dairy, poultry and fish are consumed regularly, but the portions are smaller than typically consumed in a Western diet. Meat is used quite rarely and more often in sauces and the like than in the form of a big blood dripping steak. Other fats (for example butter) than olive oil are consumed rarely. And of course you shouldn't forget your daily glass of good red wine (life is too short for drinking bad wines). More info about the diet can be found from the Mayoclinic website.